Which to use
“loos” and “lori” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,271
- “loos” frequency rank
- #32,055
- “lori” frequency rank
- 78326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loos | lori |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de loo. | Nom normalisé donné à dix genres d'oiseaux de la famille des psittaculidés (e.g. perruches, inséparables, etc.) et de la sous-famille des Loriinae comprenant 43 espèces de psittaciformes de petite taille se distinguant des loriquets par leur queue courte et arrondie, leurs couleurs très voyantes où le rouge vif prédomine, et dont la majorité des espèces se rencontrent en Australasie (principaux genres : Chalcopsitta, Charmosyna, Eos, Lorius, Vini, etc.). |
Where the eye mixes loos and lori
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: loos vs lori
A purely visual mix-up. loos (\luz\) and lori (\lɔ.ʁi\) 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 78326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loos is recorded at frequency rank #46,271, classified as anoun, pronounced \luz\. lori is at rank #32,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ʁi\.
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 78326, this pair ranks #26,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loos vs lori
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loos": s. Private to "lori": ir.
"loos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "lori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "loos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loos" and "lori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs loos". 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 #26,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.