Which to use
“lose” and “losers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,601
- “lose” frequency rank
- #40,356
- “losers” frequency rank
- 74957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lose | losers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de lauze. | Pluriel de loser. |
Letter map: lose vs losers
Shared letters muted; letters that set lose and losers apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. lose runs 4 letters (CVCV) against losers's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - lose / losers
lose and losers are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “lose” sits inside “losers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lose is recorded at frequency rank #34,601, classified as anoun. 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 74957, this pair ranks #35,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lose vs losers
Shared letters: elos. Private to "lose": -. Private to "losers": r.
"lose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "losers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lose" and "losers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lose" vs "losers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "lose" 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 #35,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lose" 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 #35,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.