Which to use
“loches” and “louées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,430
- “loches” frequency rank
- #44,026
- “louées” frequency rank
- 91456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loches | louées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de loche. | Pluriel de louée. |
Where the eye mixes loches and louées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. loches (CVCCVC) and louées (CVVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses loches with louées
A purely visual mix-up. loches (\lɔʃ\) and louées (\lu.e\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91456, 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\. louées is at rank #44,026, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lu.e\.
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 91456, this pair ranks #3,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loches vs louées
Shared letters: elos. Private to "loches": ch. Private to "louées": ué.
"loches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "louées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loches ← lcohes · lloches · locches · locehs · lochess · lochhes · lochse · lohces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loches" for "louées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "loches" vs "louées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "loches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "louées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loches" and "louées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "louées vs louvet". 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 #3,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.