# Levi vs Lew

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Levi
*name · IPA /ˈliː.vaɪ/ · frequency rank #14,159*
The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

### Lew
*name · IPA /ljuː/ · frequency rank #20,412*
A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levi-vs-lew