Which to use
“loches” and “lopes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,430
- “loches” frequency rank
- #26,082
- “lopes” frequency rank
- 73512
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loches | lopes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de loche. | Pluriel de lope. |
Where the eye mixes loches and lopes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. loches runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against lopes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: loches vs lopes
A purely visual mix-up. loches (\lɔʃ\) and lopes (\lɔp\) 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 73512, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loches is recorded at frequency rank #47,430, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔʃ\. lopes is at rank #26,082, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔp\.
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 73512, this pair ranks #40,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loches vs lopes
Shared letters: elos. Private to "loches": ch. Private to "lopes": p.
"loches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "lopes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loches" for "lopes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "loches" or "lopes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "loches" and "lopes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "loches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lopes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loches" and "lopes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lichens vs loches". 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 #40,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.