Which to use
“loi” and “Los” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #300
- “loi” frequency rank
- #3,148
- “Los” frequency rank
- 3448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loi | Los |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Règle, obligations écrites, prescrites ou tacites, auxquelles les personnes se doivent de se conformer. | Destin. |
Letter map: loi vs Los
Shared letters muted; letters that set loi and Los apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: loi and Los
loi and Los are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - i in “loi” becomes s in “Los”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loi is recorded at frequency rank #300, classified as anoun, pronounced \lwa\. Los is at rank #3,148, tagged as anoun.
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 3448, this pair ranks #433,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of loi vs Los
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loi": i. Private to "Los": s.
"loi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "Los" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loi" for "Los" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "loi" or "Los" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "loi" and "Los". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "loi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Los" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loi" and "Los" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs Los". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #433,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.