Which to use
“lopes” and “losers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,082
- “lopes” frequency rank
- #40,356
- “losers” frequency rank
- 66438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lopes | losers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lope. | Pluriel de loser. |
Where the eye mixes lopes and losers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lopes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against losers's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lopes vs losers
A purely visual mix-up. lopes (\lɔp\) and losers (\lu.zœʁ\) 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 66438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lopes is recorded at frequency rank #26,082, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔp\. 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 66438, this pair ranks #67,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lopes vs losers
Shared letters: elos. Private to "lopes": p. Private to "losers": r.
"lopes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "losers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lopes" and "losers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lopes" vs "losers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lopes" and "losers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lopes" 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 #67,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lopes" and "losers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "looser vs losers". 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 #67,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.