logéevslordeTell them apart

Which to use

“logée” and “lorde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,336
“logée” frequency rank
#41,872
“lorde” frequency rank
75208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature logée lorde
Definition Féminin singulier de logé. Féminin pluriel de lorde.

Where the eye mixes logée and lorde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. logée (CVCVV) and lorde (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
logée
5 ch
lorde

Look-alike desk: logée vs lorde

A purely visual mix-up. logée (\lɔ.ʒe\) and lorde (\ˈlor.de\) 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 75208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

logée is recorded at frequency rank #33,336, classified as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.ʒe\. lorde is at rank #41,872, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈlor.de\.

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 75208, this pair ranks #34,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of logée vs lorde

Shared letters: elo. Private to "logée": gé. Private to "lorde": dr.

"logée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "lorde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lorde ← llorde · lodre · lordde · lored · lorrde · lrode · olrde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "logée" and "lorde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\lɔ.ʒe\ versus \ˈlor.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "logée" or "lorde"?
"logée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,336 in our French list, against #41,872 for "lorde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "logée" and "lorde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "logée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lorde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "logée" and "lorde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lorde vs lure". 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 #34,767 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list