# levy

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈlɛ.vi/ · frequency rank #8,954

## Definitions
1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
3. To draft someone into military service.
4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
5. To wage war.
6. To raise, as a siege.
7. To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever (“to raise”).

## Easily confused with
- **LV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lv)
- **lex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lex)
- **Liv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-liv)
- **Lew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lew)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-luv)
- **ley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-ley)
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-loy)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-love)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-live)
- **Lucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lucy)
- **lily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lily)
- **lewd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lewd)
- **Lexi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lexi)
- **Livy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-livy)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levy-vs-lovey)
- **le** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/le-vs-levy)
- **let** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-vs-levy)
- **LED** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/led-vs-levy)
- **lee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lee-vs-levy)
- **leg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leg-vs-levy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`elvy`, `levvy`, `levyy`, `leyv`, `llevy`, `lvey`

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