# levee

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɛvi/ · frequency rank #37,541

## Definitions
1. An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
2. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
3. The steep bank of a river.
4. The border of an irrigated field.
5. A pier or other landing place on a river.

## Etymology
From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).

## Easily confused with
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-love)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-live)
- **levy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-levy)
- **Levi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-levi)
- **level** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-level)
- **lives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-lives)
- **loved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-loved)
- **lived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-lived)
- **loves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-loves)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-lover)
- **liver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-liver)
- **lever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-lever)
- **levin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-levin)
- **Lewes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-lewes)
- **Leyte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-leyte)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-lovey)
- **Lexie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-lexie)
- **liven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-liven)
- **Levis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-levis)
- **Levine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levee-vs-levine)

## Common misspellings (6)
`elvee`, `leeve`, `leve`, `levvee`, `llevee`, `lveee`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/levee