lobesvslogéesConfusable pair

Quick tell: lobes is a noun, logées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lobes” is a noun and “logées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,422
“lobes” frequency rank
#44,550
“logées” frequency rank
73972
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lobes logées
Definition Pluriel de lobe. Participe passé féminin pluriel de loger.

Where the eye mixes lobes and logées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lobes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against logées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
lobes
6 ch
logées

Visual trap between lobes and logées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lobes is \lɔb\ while logées is \lɔ.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lobes is recorded at frequency rank #29,422, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔb\. logées is at rank #44,550, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɔ.ʒe\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 73972, this pair ranks #38,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lobes vs logées

Shared letters: elos. Private to "lobes": b. Private to "logées": gé.

"lobes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "logées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lobes ← lboes · llobes · lobbes · lobess · lobse · loebs · olbes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lobes" for "logées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lobes" is a noun and "logées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lobes" vs "logées" - which ranks higher?
"lobes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,422 in our French list, against #44,550 for "logées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lobes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lobes" and "logées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "logées vs logs". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #38,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list