# locus vs loud

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### loud
*adjective · IPA [laʊd] · frequency rank #43,532*
Fort.

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