Which to use
“lori” and “lyre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,055
- “lori” frequency rank
- #30,253
- “lyre” frequency rank
- 62308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lori | lyre |
|---|---|---|
| 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.). | Cordophone portable à cordes pincées parallèles au chevalet, dont la caisse de résonance ne se prolonge pas par un manche, qui était en usage chez les anciens. |
Where the eye mixes lori and lyre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between lori and lyre
A purely visual mix-up. lori (\lɔ.ʁi\) and lyre (\liʁ\) 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 62308, 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\. lyre is at rank #30,253, tagged as anoun, pronounced \liʁ\.
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 62308, this pair ranks #87,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lori vs lyre
Shared letters: lr. Private to "lori": io. Private to "lyre": ey.
"lori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lyre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lori" and "lyre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lori" vs "lyre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lori" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lyre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lori" and "lyre" 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 #87,810 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.