loginvsloiWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#48,017
“login” frequency rank
#300
“loi” frequency rank
48317
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature login loi
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. Règle, obligations écrites, prescrites ou tacites, auxquelles les personnes se doivent de se conformer.

Where the eye mixes login and loi

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

5 ch
login
3 ch
loi

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. login (\lɔ.ɡin\) and loi (\lwa\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48317, 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\. loi is at rank #300, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lwa\.

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 48317, this pair ranks #179,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of login vs loi

Shared letters: ilo. Private to "login": gn. Private to "loi": -.

"login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "loi" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loginlgoin · llogin · loggin · loginn · logni · olgin

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "login" and "loi" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\lɔ.ɡin\ versus \lwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "login" or "loi"?
"loi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #300 in our French list, against #48,017 for "login". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "login" and "loi". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "login" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "login" and "loi" 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list