Los vs lui, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Los” is a noun and “lui” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,148
“Los” frequency rank: #68
“lui” frequency rank: 3216
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Los	lui
Definition	Destin.	Pronom clitique de la troisième personne du singulier épicène du complément d’objet indirect.

Letter map: Los vs lui

Shared letters muted; letters that set Los and lui apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

Los

3 ch

lui

Grammar separator: Los vs lui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Los is anoun and luiapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Los is recorded at frequency rank #3,148, classified as anoun. lui is at rank #68, tagged as apron, pronounced \lɥi\.

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 3216, this pair ranks #434,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Los vs lui

Shared letters: l. Private to "Los": os. Private to "lui": iu.

"Los" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Los" for "lui" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Los" is a noun and "lui" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Los" or "lui"?

"lui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #68 in our French list, against #3,148 for "Los". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Los" vs "lui" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "Los" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "lui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #434,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Los" and "lui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs Los". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #434,531 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.