levelvsLevisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: level is a adjective, Levis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“level” is an adjective and “Levis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#377
“level” frequency rank
#47,157
“Levis” frequency rank
47534
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature level Levis
Definition The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. descendants of the Israelite tribe of Levi; Levites

Letter map: level vs Levis

Shared letters muted; letters that set level and Levis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
level
5 ch
Levis

Grammar separator: level vs Levis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: level is anadjective and Levisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

level is recorded at frequency rank #377, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈlɛv.l̩/. Levis is at rank #47,157, tagged as anoun.

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 47534, this pair ranks #201,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of level vs Levis

Shared letters: elv. Private to "level": -. Private to "Levis": is.

"level" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Levis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levelelvel · leevl · levell · levle · levvel · llevel · lveel
  • Levisleivs · leviss · levsi · levvis · llevis · lveis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "level" for "Levis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "level" is an adjective and "Levis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "level" or "Levis" show up more?
"level" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #377 in our English list, against #47,157 for "Levis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "level" and "Levis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "level" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Levis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "level" and "Levis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Levis vs levity". 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 #201,590 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list