Which to use
“louées” and “loutres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,026
- “louées” frequency rank
- #45,716
- “loutres” frequency rank
- 89742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | louées | loutres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de louée. | Pluriel de loutre. |
Where the eye mixes louées and loutres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. louées runs 6 letters (CVVVVC) against loutres's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses louées with loutres
A purely visual mix-up. louées (\lu.e\) and loutres (\lutʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
louées is recorded at frequency rank #44,026, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu.e\. loutres is at rank #45,716, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lutʁ\.
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 89742, this pair ranks #5,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of louées vs loutres
Shared letters: elosu. Private to "louées": é. Private to "loutres": rt.
"louées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "loutres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loutres ← lloutres · lotures · lourtes · louters · loutress · loutrres · loutrse · louttres
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "louées" and "loutres" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "louées" or "loutres"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "louées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loutres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "louées" and "loutres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "louées 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 #5,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.