# loud vs lourds

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### loud
*adjective · IPA [laʊd] · frequency rank #43,532*
Fort.

### lourds
*adjective · IPA \luʁ\ · frequency rank #5,673*
Masculin pluriel de lourd.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/loud-vs-lourds