Which to use
“looser” and “losers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,194
- “looser” frequency rank
- #40,356
- “losers” frequency rank
- 89550
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | looser | losers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de loser. | Pluriel de loser. |
Same sound, different letters: looser vs losers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. looser (CVVCVC) and losers (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - looser and losers
This is the hard kind. looser and losers are pronounced identically (\lu.zœʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
looser is recorded at frequency rank #49,194, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu.zœʁ\. losers is at rank #40,356, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lu.zœʁ\.
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 89550, this pair ranks #5,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of looser vs losers
Shared letters: elors. Private to "looser": -. Private to "losers": -.
"looser" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "losers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "looser" for "losers" ever safe?
Which is more common, "looser" or "losers"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "looser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "losers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "looser" and "losers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loos vs looser". 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 #5,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.