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Which to use

“logs” and “looks” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,431
“logs” frequency rank
#25,386
“looks” frequency rank
72817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature logs looks
Definition Pluriel de log. Pluriel de look.

Where the eye mixes logs and looks

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
logs
5 ch
looks

Why the eye confuses logs with looks

A purely visual mix-up. logs (\lɔɡ\) and looks (\luk\) 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 72817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

logs is recorded at frequency rank #47,431, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔɡ\. looks is at rank #25,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \luk\.

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 72817, this pair ranks #42,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of logs vs looks

Shared letters: los. Private to "logs": g. Private to "looks": k.

"logs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "looks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • logslgos · llogs · loggs · logss · losg · olgs
  • looksllooks · lokos · loks · lookks · lookss · loosk · oloks

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "logs" and "looks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\lɔɡ\ versus \luk\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "logs" or "looks"?
"looks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,386 in our French list, against #47,431 for "logs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "logs" and "looks" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "logs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "looks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "logs" and "looks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "logs vs longo". 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 #42,670 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