logicvsloriTell them apart

Which to use

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

#35,132
“logic” frequency rank
#32,055
“lori” frequency rank
67187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature logic lori
Definition Logique. Nom normalisé donné à dix genres d'oiseaux de la famille des psittaculidés (e.g. perruches, inséparables, etc.) et de la sous-famille des Loriinae comprenant 43 espèces de psittaciformes de petite taille se distinguant des loriquets par leur queue courte et arrondie, leurs couleurs très voyantes où le rouge vif prédomine, et dont la majorité des espèces se rencontrent en Australasie (principaux genres : Chalcopsitta, Charmosyna, Eos, Lorius, Vini, etc.).

Where the eye mixes logic and lori

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
logic
4 ch
lori

Look-alike desk: logic vs lori

A purely visual mix-up. logic (\ˈlɒdʒɪk\) and lori (\lɔ.ʁi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

logic is recorded at frequency rank #35,132, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈlɒdʒɪk\. lori is at rank #32,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ʁi\.

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 67187, this pair ranks #64,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of logic vs lori

Shared letters: ilo. Private to "logic": cg. Private to "lori": r.

"logic" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "lori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • logiclgoic · llogic · logci · loggic · logicc · loigc · olgic
  • lorillori · lorri · lroi · olri

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "logic" for "lori" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ˈlɒdʒɪk\ versus \lɔ.ʁi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "logic" or "lori"?
"lori" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,055 in our French list, against #35,132 for "logic". 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 "logic" and "lori" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "logic" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "logic" and "lori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "logic vs login". 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 #64,519 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