Which to use
“loyal” is an adjective and “loyer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,670
- “loyal” frequency rank
- #5,262
- “loyer” frequency rank
- 20932
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loyal | loyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui montre de la loyauté ; qui est sincère, droit, franc, plein d’honneur et de probité. | Prix de la location d’une maison ou d’un appartement. |
Where the eye mixes loyal and loyer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. loyal and loyer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses loyal with loyer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: loyal is \lwa.jal\ while loyer is \lwa.je\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loyal is recorded at frequency rank #15,670, classified as anadj, pronounced \lwa.jal\. loyer is at rank #5,262, 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 20932, this pair ranks #365,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of loyal vs loyer
Shared letters: loy. Private to "loyal": a. Private to "loyer": er.
"loyal" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "loyer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "loyal" and "loyer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "loyal" or "loyer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "loyal" and "loyer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "loyal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loyal" and "loyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loyal vs Loyola". 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 #365,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.