Which to use
“lobo” and “loi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,770
- “lobo” frequency rank
- #300
- “loi” frequency rank
- 50070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lobo | loi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Loup. | Règle, obligations écrites, prescrites ou tacites, auxquelles les personnes se doivent de se conformer. |
Where the eye mixes lobo and loi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. lobo (\ˈlo.bo\) and loi (\lwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lobo is recorded at frequency rank #49,770, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈlo.bo\. loi is at rank #300, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lwa\.
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 50070, this pair ranks #165,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lobo vs loi
Shared letters: lo. Private to "lobo": b. Private to "loi": i.
"lobo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "loi" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lobo ← lboo · llobo · lobbo · loob · olbo