loginvsloinsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: login is a noun, loins is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#48,017
“login” frequency rank
#42,440
“loins” frequency rank
90457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature login loins
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. Variante de loing (« loin »).

Letter map: login vs loins

Shared letters muted; letters that set login and loins apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. login (CVCVC) and loins (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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Role in the sentence - login and loins

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: login is anoun and loinsanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90457, 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\. loins is at rank #42,440, tagged as anadv.

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 90457, this pair ranks #4,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of login vs loins

Shared letters: ilno. Private to "login": g. Private to "loins": s.

"login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "loins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • login ← lgoin · llogin · loggin · loginn · logni · olgin
  • loins ← lloins · loinns · loinss · loisn · lonis · olins

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "login" for "loins" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "login" is a noun and "loins" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "login" vs "loins" - which ranks higher?
"loins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,440 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

Pair "login" vs "loins" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "login" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "login" and "loins" 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 #4,763 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