luttentvsluttesConfusable pair

Quick tell: luttent is a verb, luttes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“luttent” is a verb and “luttes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,471
“luttent” frequency rank
#7,989
“luttes” frequency rank
25460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature luttent luttes
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lutter. Pluriel de lutte.

Same sound, different letters: luttent vs luttes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. luttent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against luttes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
luttent
6 ch
luttes

Ear matches; page differs - luttent and luttes

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: luttent and luttes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \lyt\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25460, 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\. 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 25460, this pair ranks #340,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of luttent vs luttes

Shared letters: eltu. Private to "luttent": n. Private to "luttes": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • luttent ← lluttent · ltutent · lutent · lutetnt · luttennt · luttentt · luttetn · luttnet
  • luttes ← lluttes · ltutes · lutes · lutets · luttess · luttse · ulttes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "luttent" for "luttes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "luttent" is a verb and "luttes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "luttent" vs "luttes" - which ranks higher?
"luttes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,989 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.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "luttent" 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 #340,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "luttent" and "luttes" 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 #340,747 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