Which to use
“longe” and “loque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,469
- “longe” frequency rank
- #46,272
- “loque” frequency rank
- 63741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | longe | loque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Longue corde pour le dressage des chevaux. | Étoffe réduite en lambeaux par suite de l’usure. |
Where the eye mixes longe and loque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses longe with loque
A purely visual mix-up. longe (\lɔ̃ʒ\) and loque (\lɔk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
longe is recorded at frequency rank #17,469, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ̃ʒ\. loque is at rank #46,272, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔk\.
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 63741, this pair ranks #80,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of longe vs loque
Shared letters: elo. Private to "longe": gn. Private to "loque": qu.
"longe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "loque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "longe" for "loque" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "longe" and "loque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "longe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "longe" and "loque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Laroque vs loque". 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 #80,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.