Which to use
“ludo” and “lure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,586
- “ludo” frequency rank
- #48,019
- “lure” frequency rank
- 79605
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ludo | lure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de société, en général joué par les enfants, où on fait faire le tour d’un circuit à ses quatre pions avant de les ramener à la maison. | Leurre. |
Where the eye mixes ludo and lure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. ludo and lure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ludo and lure
A purely visual mix-up. ludo (\lu.do\) and lure (\lʊər\) 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 79605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ludo is recorded at frequency rank #31,586, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu.do\. lure is at rank #48,019, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lʊər\.
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 79605, this pair ranks #22,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ludo vs lure
Shared letters: lu. Private to "ludo": do. Private to "lure": er.
"ludo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ludo" for "lure" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ludo" vs "lure" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ludo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ludo" and "lure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lar 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 #22,877 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.