Which to use
“loins” is an adverb and “lutins” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,440
- “loins” frequency rank
- #29,426
- “lutins” frequency rank
- 71866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loins | lutins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de loing (« loin »). | Masculin pluriel de lutin. |
Letter map: loins vs lutins
Shared letters muted; letters that set loins and lutins apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - loins and lutins
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loins is anadverb and lutinsanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loins is recorded at frequency rank #42,440, classified as anadv. lutins is at rank #29,426, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ly.tɛ̃\.
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 71866, this pair ranks #45,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loins vs lutins
Shared letters: ilns. Private to "loins": o. Private to "lutins": tu.
"loins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "lutins" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loins" for "lutins" ever safe?
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What to do next
Pair "loins" vs "lutins" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "loins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lutins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loins" and "lutins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loins 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 #45,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.