loginvslogisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#48,017
“login” frequency rank
#11,609
“logis” frequency rank
59626
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature login logis
Definition 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. Endroit où l’on demeure.

Where the eye mixes login and logis

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

5 ch
login
5 ch
logis

Why the eye confuses login with logis

A purely visual mix-up. login (\lɔ.ɡin\) and logis (\lɔ.ʒi\) 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 a single letter - n in “login” becomes s in “logis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

login is recorded at frequency rank #48,017, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ɡin\. logis is at rank #11,609, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ʒi\.

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 59626, this pair ranks #102,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of login vs logis

Shared letters: gilo. Private to "login": n. Private to "logis": s.

"login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "logis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loginlgoin · llogin · loggin · loginn · logni · olgin
  • logislgois · llogis · loggis · logiss · logsi · loigs · olgis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "login" for "logis" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\lɔ.ɡin\ versus \lɔ.ʒi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "login" or "logis"?
"logis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,609 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "login" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "login" and "logis" 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 #102,104 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