Which to use
“logées” is a verb and “lycées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,550
- “logées” frequency rank
- #8,419
- “lycées” frequency rank
- 52969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | logées | lycées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de loger. | Pluriel de lycée. |
Where the eye mixes logées and lycées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. logées and lycées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between logées and lycées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: logées is \lɔ.ʒe\ while lycées is \li.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
logées is recorded at frequency rank #44,550, classified as averb, pronounced \lɔ.ʒe\. lycées is at rank #8,419, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.se\.
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 52969, this pair ranks #144,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of logées vs lycées
Shared letters: elsé. Private to "logées": go. Private to "lycées": cy.
"logées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "lycées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "logées" for "lycées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "logées" or "lycées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "logées" and "lycées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "logées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lycées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "logées" and "lycées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "logées vs logs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #144,019 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.