Which to use
“lore” and “loutre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,873
- “lore” frequency rank
- #32,056
- “loutre” frequency rank
- 73929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lore | loutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie entre l’œil et la base du bec chez les oiseaux. | Espèce de mammifère carnivore de la famille des martres, grand à peu près comme un renard, mais plus bas de pattes, et à tête plate et obtuse, semi-aquatiques, qui vit au bord des rivières. |
Where the eye mixes lore and loutre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lore runs 4 letters (CVCV) against loutre's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between lore and loutre
A purely visual mix-up. lore (\lɔʁ\) and loutre (\lutʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lore is recorded at frequency rank #41,873, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔʁ\. loutre is at rank #32,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lutʁ\.
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 73929, this pair ranks #38,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lore vs loutre
Shared letters: elor. Private to "lore": -. Private to "loutre": tu.
"lore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "loutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lore" and "loutre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lore" vs "loutre" - 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 "lore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loutre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lore" and "loutre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs lore". 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 #38,842 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.