Which to use
“login” is a noun and “loki” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,017
- “login” frequency rank
- #34,600
- “loki” frequency rank
- 82617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | login | loki |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Placer, poser, situer. |
Where the eye mixes login and loki
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: login vs loki
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: login is \lɔ.ɡin\ while loki is \ˈlo.ki\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82617, 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\. loki is at rank #34,600, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈlo.ki\.
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 82617, this pair ranks #16,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of login vs loki
Shared letters: ilo. Private to "login": gn. Private to "loki": k.
"login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "loki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "login" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loki" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "login" and "loki" 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 #16,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.