Which to use
“loches” and “lycées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,430
- “loches” frequency rank
- #8,419
- “lycées” frequency rank
- 55849
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loches | lycées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de loche. | Pluriel de lycée. |
Where the eye mixes loches and lycées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. loches (CVCCVC) and lycées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: loches vs lycées
A purely visual mix-up. loches (\lɔʃ\) and lycées (\li.se\) 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 55849, 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\. lycées is at rank #8,419, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.se\.
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 55849, this pair ranks #124,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of loches vs lycées
Shared letters: cels. Private to "loches": ho. Private to "lycées": yé.
"loches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "lycées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loches ← lcohes · lloches · locches · locehs · lochess · lochhes · lochse · lohces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loches" and "lycées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "loches" or "lycées"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "loches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lycées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loches" and "lycées" 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 #124,824 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.