luttentvslutterTell them apart

Which to use

“luttent” and “lutter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,471
“luttent” frequency rank
#3,018
“lutter” frequency rank
20489
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature luttent lutter
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lutter. Combattre, se prendre corps à corps avec quelqu’un pour le terrasser.

Where the eye mixes luttent and lutter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
luttent
6 ch
lutter

Look-alike desk: luttent vs lutter

A purely visual mix-up. luttent (\lyt\) and lutter (\ly.te\) 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 20489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

luttent is recorded at frequency rank #17,471, classified as averb, pronounced \lyt\. lutter is at rank #3,018, tagged as averb, pronounced \ly.te\.

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 20489, this pair ranks #368,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of luttent vs lutter

Shared letters: eltu. Private to "luttent": n. Private to "lutter": r.

"luttent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "lutter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • luttentlluttent · ltutent · lutent · lutetnt · luttennt · luttentt · luttetn · luttnet
  • lutterllutter · ltuter · luter · lutetr · lutterr · luttre · ultter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "luttent" for "lutter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\lyt\ versus \ly.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "luttent" or "lutter"?
"lutter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,018 in our French list, against #17,471 for "luttent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "luttent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lutter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #368,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "luttent" and "lutter" 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 #368,029 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