Which to use
“login” and “loris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,017
- “login” frequency rank
- #41,874
- “loris” frequency rank
- 89891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | login | loris |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Genre de la sous-famille des Lorinae comprenant des primates prosimiens de l’Inde. |
Where the eye mixes login and loris
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between login and loris
A purely visual mix-up. login (\lɔ.ɡin\) and loris (\lɔ.ʁis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89891, 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\. loris is at rank #41,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ʁis\.
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 89891, this pair ranks #5,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of login vs loris
Shared letters: ilo. Private to "login": gn. Private to "loris": rs.
"login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "loris" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "login" and "loris" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "login" or "loris" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "login" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "login" and "loris" 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 #5,326 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.