Which to use
“lure” and “lut” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,019
- “lure” frequency rank
- #40,358
- “lut” frequency rank
- 88377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lure | lut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Leurre. | Se dit de pâtes ou d'enduits qu'on applique sur les bouchons des vases pour en assurer la fermeture hermétique, autour des cornues, des tubes de verre pour les soustraire à l'action directe du feu, ou qu'on utilise pour obturer des trous, pour faire des joints etc. |
Where the eye mixes lure and lut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lure runs 4 letters (CVCV) against lut's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lure vs lut
A purely visual mix-up. lure (\lʊər\) and lut (\lyt\) 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 88377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lure is recorded at frequency rank #48,019, classified as anoun, pronounced \lʊər\. lut is at rank #40,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lyt\.
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 88377, this pair ranks #7,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lure vs lut
Shared letters: lu. Private to "lure": er. Private to "lut": t.
"lure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lut" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lure ← llure · lrue · lurre · ulre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lure" for "lut" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lure" vs "lut" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lure" and "lut" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lure" and "lut" 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 #7,074 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.