luttaitvsluttentConfusable pair

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.

7 ch
luttait
7 ch
luttent

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

  • luttait ← lluttait · ltutait · lutait · lutatit · luttaitt · luttati · luttiat · ulttait
  • luttent ← lluttent · ltutent · lutent · lutetnt · luttennt · luttentt · luttetn · luttnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "luttait" and "luttent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ly.tɛ\ versus \lyt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "luttait" vs "luttent" - which ranks higher?
"luttent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,471 in our French list, against #40,359 for "luttait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list