logentvsloginWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: logent is a verb, login is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“logent” is a verb and “login” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,400
“logent” frequency rank
#48,017
“login” frequency rank
86417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature logent login
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de loger. Identifiant à fournir pour accéder à un système informatique, et associé à un utilisateur (ou à un type d’utilisateur) ; il est généralement protégé par un mot de passe.

Where the eye mixes logent and login

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
logent
5 ch
login

Visual trap between logent and login

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: logent is \lɔʒ\ while login is \lɔ.ɡin\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

logent is recorded at frequency rank #38,400, classified as averb, pronounced \lɔʒ\. login is at rank #48,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ɡin\.

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 86417, this pair ranks #9,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of logent vs login

Shared letters: glno. Private to "logent": et. Private to "login": i.

"logent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • logentlgoent · llogent · loegnt · logennt · logentt · logetn · loggent · lognet
  • loginlgoin · llogin · loggin · loginn · logni · olgin

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "logent" for "login" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "logent" is a verb and "login" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "logent" or "login" show up more?
"logent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,400 in our French list, against #48,017 for "login". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "logent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "login" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "logent" and "login" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "login vs loving". 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 #9,724 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