LevivsLevisConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#14,159
“Levi” frequency rank
#47,157
“Levis” frequency rank
61316
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Levi Levis
Definition The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. descendants of the Israelite tribe of Levi; Levites

Letter map: Levi vs Levis

Shared letters muted; letters that set Levi and Levis apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
Levi
5 ch
Levis

Part-of-speech tell for Levi / Levis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Levi is aname and Levisanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Levi” sits inside “Levis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Levi is recorded at frequency rank #14,159, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈliː.vaɪ/. 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 61316, this pair ranks #94,995 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Levi vs Levis

Shared letters: eilv. Private to "Levi": -. Private to "Levis": s.

"Levi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Levis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Levielvi · leiv · levvi · llevi · lvei
  • Levisleivs · leviss · levsi · levvis · llevis · lveis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Levi" and "Levis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Levi" is a name and "Levis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Levi" vs "Levis" - which ranks higher?
"Levi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,159 in our English list, against #47,157 for "Levis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Levi" and "Levis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Levi" 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 #94,995 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Levi" 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 #94,995 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