Which to use
“login” and “lotion” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,017
- “login” frequency rank
- #37,415
- “lotion” frequency rank
- 85432
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | login | lotion |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Action de mouiller, d’imbiber d’un liquide quelque partie du corps pour l’adoucir, l’amollir, la rafraîchir, etc. |
Where the eye mixes login and lotion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: login vs lotion
A purely visual mix-up. login (\lɔ.ɡin\) and lotion (\lo.sjɔ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85432, 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\. lotion is at rank #37,415, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lo.sjɔ̃\.
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 85432, this pair ranks #11,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of login vs lotion
Shared letters: ilno. Private to "login": g. Private to "lotion": t.
"login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lotion" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "login" and "lotion" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "login" vs "lotion" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "login" and "lotion" 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 "lotion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "login" and "lotion" 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 #11,382 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.