loginvslovingTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,017
“login” frequency rank
#49,773
“loving” frequency rank
97790
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature login loving
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. Aimant.

Where the eye mixes login and loving

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
login
6 ch
loving

Why the eye confuses login with loving

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: login is \lɔ.ɡin\ while loving is \ˈlʌv.ɪŋ\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97790, 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\. loving is at rank #49,773, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈlʌv.ɪŋ\.

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 97790, this pair ranks #266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of login vs loving

Shared letters: gilno. Private to "login": -. Private to "loving": v.

"login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "loving" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loginlgoin · llogin · loggin · loginn · logni · olgin
  • lovinglloving · loivng · lovign · lovingg · lovinng · lovnig · lovving · lvoing

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "login" for "loving" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "login" is a noun and "loving" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "login" or "loving" show up more?
"login" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,017 in our French list, against #49,773 for "loving". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "loving" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "login" and "loving" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loggia vs login". 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 #266 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