Which to use
“longo” and “lung” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,771
- “longo” frequency rank
- #46,871
- “lung” frequency rank
- 96642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | longo | lung |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bras. | Poumon. |
Where the eye mixes longo and lung
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. longo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against lung's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: longo vs lung
A purely visual mix-up. longo (\loŋo\) and lung (\lʌŋ\) 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 96642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
longo is recorded at frequency rank #49,771, classified as anoun, pronounced \loŋo\. lung is at rank #46,871, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lʌŋ\.
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 96642, this pair ranks #600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of longo vs lung
Shared letters: gln. Private to "longo": o. Private to "lung": u.
"longo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "longo" and "lung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "longo" vs "lung" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "longo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "longo" and "lung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo 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 #600 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.