Which to use
“loutre” is a noun and “Lozère” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,056
- “loutre” frequency rank
- #22,323
- “Lozère” frequency rank
- 54379
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loutre | Lozère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de mammifère carnivore de la famille des martres, grand à peu près comme un renard, mais plus bas de pattes, et à tête plate et obtuse, semi-aquatiques, qui vit au bord des rivières. | Département du sud de la France, faisant partie de la région administrative d'Occitanie, qui correspond à peu près à l’ancienne province du Gévaudan, et qui porte le numéro 48. |
Where the eye mixes loutre and Lozère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. loutre (CVVCCV) and Lozère (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: loutre vs Lozère
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: loutre is \lutʁ\ while Lozère is \lɔ.zɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loutre is recorded at frequency rank #32,056, classified as anoun, pronounced \lutʁ\. Lozère is at rank #22,323, tagged as aname, pronounced \lɔ.zɛʁ\.
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 54379, this pair ranks #134,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of loutre vs Lozère
Shared letters: elor. Private to "loutre": tu. Private to "Lozère": zè.
"loutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "Lozère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- loutre ← lloutre · loture · lourte · louter · loutrre · louttre · luotre · olutre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loutre" and "Lozère" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "loutre" vs "Lozère" - which ranks higher?
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 "loutre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lozère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loutre" and "Lozère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loutre vs lure". 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 #134,450 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.