# locus vs longs

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### locus
*noun · IPA \lɔ.kys\ · frequency rank #42,439*
Emplacement d’un gène sur un chromosome.

### longs
*adjective · IPA \lɔ̃\ · frequency rank #3,271*
Masculin pluriel de long.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/locus-vs-longs