Which to use
“lutter” is a verb and “luttes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,018
- “lutter” frequency rank
- #7,989
- “luttes” frequency rank
- 11007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lutter | luttes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Combattre, se prendre corps à corps avec quelqu’un pour le terrasser. | Pluriel de lutte. |
Where the eye mixes lutter and luttes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses lutter with luttes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lutter is \ly.te\ while luttes is \lyt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “lutter” becomes s in “luttes”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lutter is recorded at frequency rank #3,018, classified as averb, pronounced \ly.te\. 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 11007, this pair ranks #410,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lutter vs luttes
Shared letters: eltu. Private to "lutter": r. Private to "luttes": s.
"lutter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "luttes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lutter" and "luttes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lutter" vs "luttes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lutter" and "luttes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lutter" 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 #410,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lutter" and "luttes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luttes vs Luynes". 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 #410,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.