# locus vs lou

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### lou
*noun · IPA \lu\ · frequency rank #7,204*
Loup.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/locus-vs-lou