Which to use
“lustres” and “luttes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,338
- “lustres” frequency rank
- #7,989
- “luttes” frequency rank
- 27327
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lustres | luttes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lustre. | Pluriel de lutte. |
Where the eye mixes lustres and luttes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lustres runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against luttes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses lustres with luttes
A purely visual mix-up. lustres (\lystʁ\) and luttes (\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 27327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lustres is recorded at frequency rank #19,338, classified as anoun, pronounced \lystʁ\. luttes is at rank #7,989, 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 27327, this pair ranks #329,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lustres vs luttes
Shared letters: elstu. Private to "lustres": r. Private to "luttes": -.
"lustres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "luttes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lustres" and "luttes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lustres" vs "luttes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lustres" and "luttes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lustres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luttes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lustres" and "luttes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loutres vs lustres". 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 #329,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.