Which to use
“longue” and “longuet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #880
- “longue” frequency rank
- #38,899
- “longuet” frequency rank
- 39779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | longue | longuet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Syllabe, voyelle dont la prononciation doit avoir plus de durée que celle d’une syllabe, d’une voyelle brève. | Petit marteau utilisé par les facteurs de piano pour enfoncer les chevilles dans la table. |
Where the eye mixes longue and longuet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. longue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against longuet's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between longue and longuet
A purely visual mix-up. longue (\lɔ̃ɡ\) and longuet (\lɔ̃.ɡɛ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “longue” sits inside “longuet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
longue is recorded at frequency rank #880, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ̃ɡ\. longuet is at rank #38,899, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ̃.ɡɛ\.
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 39779, this pair ranks #245,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of longue vs longuet
Shared letters: eglnou. Private to "longue": -. Private to "longuet": t.
"longue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "longuet" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "longue" and "longuet" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "longue" or "longuet"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "longue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "longuet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "longue" and "longuet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "longer vs longuet". 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 #245,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.