losersvsLozèreTell them apart

Quick tell: losers is a noun, Lozère is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“losers” is a noun and “Lozère” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,356
“losers” frequency rank
#22,323
“Lozère” frequency rank
62679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature losers Lozère
Definition Pluriel de loser. Département du sud de la France, faisant partie de la région administrative d'Occitanie, qui correspond à peu près à l’ancienne province du Gévaudan, et qui porte le numéro 48.

Where the eye mixes losers and Lozère

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. losers (CVCVCC) and Lozère (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
losers
6 ch
Lozère

Why the eye confuses losers with Lozère

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: losers is \lu.zœʁ\ while Lozère is \lɔ.zɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

losers is recorded at frequency rank #40,356, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu.zœʁ\. Lozère is at rank #22,323, tagged as aname, pronounced \lɔ.zɛʁ\.

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 62679, this pair ranks #85,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of losers vs Lozère

Shared letters: elor. Private to "losers": s. Private to "Lozère": zè.

"losers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "Lozère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • losers ← llosers · loesrs · loserrs · loserss · losesr · losres · lossers · lsoers

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "losers" and "Lozère" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "losers" is a noun and "Lozère" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "losers" or "Lozère" show up more?
"Lozère" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,323 in our French list, against #40,356 for "losers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "losers" and "Lozère" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "losers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lozère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "losers" and "Lozère" 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 #85,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list