lotivslotisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: loti is a noun, lotis is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“loti” is a noun and “lotis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,167
“loti” frequency rank
#45,715
“lotis” frequency rank
79882
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loti lotis
Definition Devise officielle du Lesotho. Masculin pluriel de loti.

Same sound, different letters: loti vs lotis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. loti runs 4 letters (CVCV) against lotis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
loti
5 ch
lotis

Homophone desk: loti vs lotis

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: loti and lotis carry the same recorded pronunciation, \lɔ.ti\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “loti” sits inside “lotis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loti is recorded at frequency rank #34,167, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ti\. lotis is at rank #45,715, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.ti\.

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 79882, this pair ranks #22,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of loti vs lotis

Shared letters: ilot. Private to "loti": -. Private to "lotis": s.

"loti" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lotis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loti ← lloti · loit · lotti · ltoi · olti
  • lotis ← llotis · loits · lotiss · lotsi · lottis · ltois · oltis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "loti" and "lotis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loti" is a noun and "lotis" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "loti" or "lotis" show up more?
"loti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,167 in our French list, against #45,715 for "lotis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "loti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lotis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loti" and "lotis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "login vs lotis". 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 #22,246 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