Which to use
“louées” and “loyers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,026
- “louées” frequency rank
- #7,723
- “loyers” frequency rank
- 51749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | louées | loyers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de louée. | Pluriel de loyer. |
Where the eye mixes louées and loyers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. louées (CVVVVC) and loyers (CVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between louées and loyers
A purely visual mix-up. louées (\lu.e\) and loyers (\lwa.je\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51749, 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\. loyers is at rank #7,723, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lwa.je\.
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 51749, this pair ranks #152,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of louées vs loyers
Shared letters: elos. Private to "louées": ué. Private to "loyers": ry.
"louées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "loyers" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loyers ← lloyers · loeyrs · loyerrs · loyerss · loyesr · loyres · loyyers · lyoers
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "louées" for "loyers" ever safe?
Which is more common, "louées" or "loyers"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "louées" and "loyers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "louées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loyers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "louées" and "loyers" 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 #152,753 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.