Which to use
“luttait” and “luttent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,359
- “luttait” frequency rank
- #17,471
- “luttent” frequency rank
- 57830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | luttait | luttent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lutter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lutter. |
Where the eye mixes luttait and luttent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. luttait (CVCCVVC) and luttent (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses luttait with luttent
A purely visual mix-up. luttait (\ly.tɛ\) and luttent (\lyt\) 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 57830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
luttait is recorded at frequency rank #40,359, classified as averb, pronounced \ly.tɛ\. luttent is at rank #17,471, tagged as averb, 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 57830, this pair ranks #112,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of luttait vs luttent
Shared letters: ltu. Private to "luttait": ai. Private to "luttent": en.
"luttait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "luttent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "luttait" and "luttent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "luttait" vs "luttent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "luttait" and "luttent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "luttait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luttent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "luttait" and "luttent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luttent vs luttons". 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 #112,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.