Which to use
“lotte” and “lutte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,474
- “lotte” frequency rank
- #1,184
- “lutte” frequency rank
- 37658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lotte | lutte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poisson de rivière, et des lacs européens, à plusieurs barbillons, appartenant aux gadiformes, de nom scientifique Lota lota. | Sorte d’exercice, de combat, où deux hommes se prennent corps à corps et cherchent à se terrasser l’un l’autre. |
Where the eye mixes lotte and lutte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses lotte with lutte
A purely visual mix-up. lotte (\lɔt\) and lutte (\lyt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - o in “lotte” becomes u in “lutte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lotte is recorded at frequency rank #36,474, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔt\. lutte is at rank #1,184, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lyt\.
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 37658, this pair ranks #260,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lotte vs lutte
Shared letters: elt. Private to "lotte": o. Private to "lutte": u.
"lotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lutte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lotte" and "lutte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lotte" vs "lutte" - 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 "lotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lutte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lotte" and "lutte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leste vs lotte". 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 #260,902 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.