Which to use
“lori” is a noun and “lourd” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,055
- “lori” frequency rank
- #2,681
- “lourd” frequency rank
- 34736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lori | lourd |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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.). | Pesant, dont le poids est élevé. |
Where the eye mixes lori and lourd
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lori vs lourd
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lori is \lɔ.ʁi\ while lourd is \luʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lori is recorded at frequency rank #32,055, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ʁi\. lourd is at rank #2,681, tagged as anadj, pronounced \luʁ\.
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 34736, this pair ranks #281,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lori vs lourd
Shared letters: lor. Private to "lori": i. Private to "lourd": du.
"lori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lourd" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lori" for "lourd" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lori" or "lourd"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lori" and "lourd" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lori" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lourd" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lori" and "lourd" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs lori". 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 #281,758 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.