logervslongeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#9,190
“loger” frequency rank
#17,469
“longe” frequency rank
26659
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loger longe
Definition Séjourner ; avoir sa demeure habituelle ou temporaire dans un logis. Longue corde pour le dressage des chevaux.

Where the eye mixes loger and longe

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

5 ch
loger
5 ch
longe

Visual trap between loger and longe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: loger is \lɔ.ʒe\ while longe is \lɔ̃ʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 26659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loger is recorded at frequency rank #9,190, classified as averb, pronounced \lɔ.ʒe\. longe is at rank #17,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ̃ʒ\.

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 26659, this pair ranks #333,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of loger vs longe

Shared letters: eglo. Private to "loger": r. Private to "longe": n.

"loger" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "longe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • logerlgoer · lloger · loegr · logerr · logger · logre · olger
  • longellonge · lnoge · logne · loneg · longge · lonnge · olnge

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "loger" for "longe" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loger" is a verb and "longe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "loger" or "longe" show up more?
"loger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,190 in our French list, against #17,469 for "longe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "loger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "longe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #333,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loger" and "longe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "longe vs longo". 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 #333,615 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