Which to use
“locus” and “loris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,439
- “locus” frequency rank
- #41,874
- “loris” frequency rank
- 84313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | locus | loris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emplacement d’un gène sur un chromosome. | Genre de la sous-famille des Lorinae comprenant des primates prosimiens de l’Inde. |
Where the eye mixes locus and loris
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. locus and loris follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between locus and loris
A purely visual mix-up. locus (\lɔ.kys\) and loris (\lɔ.ʁis\) 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 84313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
locus is recorded at frequency rank #42,439, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.kys\. loris is at rank #41,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ʁis\.
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 84313, this pair ranks #13,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of locus vs loris
Shared letters: los. Private to "locus": cu. Private to "loris": ir.
"locus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "loris" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "locus" for "loris" ever safe?
Frequency check: "locus" vs "loris" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "locus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "locus" and "loris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "login vs loris". 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 #13,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.