Which to use
“louée” and “loups” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,724
- “louée” frequency rank
- #6,972
- “loups” frequency rank
- 32696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | louée | loups |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pratique traditionnelle au cours de laquelle les domestiques proposaient leurs services. Cet usage avait lieu à la Saint-Jean (24 juin) pour les travaux des champs et à la Saint-Martin (11 novembre) pour les travaux d'hiver et de printemps. | Pluriel de loup. |
Where the eye mixes louée and loups
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. louée (CVVVV) and loups (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between louée and loups
A purely visual mix-up. louée (\lu.e\) and loups (\lu\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
louée is recorded at frequency rank #25,724, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu.e\. loups is at rank #6,972, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lu\.
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 32696, this pair ranks #295,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of louée vs loups
Shared letters: lou. Private to "louée": eé. Private to "loups": ps.
"louée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "loups" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loups ← lloups · lopus · loupps · loupss · lousp · luops · olups
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "louée" for "loups" ever safe?
Frequency check: "louée" vs "loups" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "louée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loups" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "louée" and "loups" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "louée vs louvet". 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 #295,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.