levais

\lə.vɛ\

/\lə.vɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“levais” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,009
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lever.

Corpus desk

Index FR-levais · levais · French

levais · rank #48,009 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,009
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lessing

Nearest frequency peer: Lessing (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « levais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « levais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

levais vs levi
67% similar
levais vs Lewis
50% similar
levais vs levis
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for levais
PropertyValue
Headwordlevais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lə.vɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,009
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « levais »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).levaisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lessing » (#48,008), « limes » (#48,011), « laxatif » (#48,006). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « levais » est au #48,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around levais (IPA \lə.vɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,009 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for levais, with forms such as "elvais", "leavis", and "levaiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "levi", "Lewis", "levis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is levais, spelled L-E-V-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lever.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lever.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elvais
  • leavis
  • levaiss
  • levasi
  • levias
  • levvais
  • llevais
  • lveais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of levais - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elvais2leavis2levaiss1levasi2levias2levvais1llevais1lveais2
Edit distance from "levais"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "levais"?
"levais" is spelled L-E-V-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.vɛ\.
What does "levais" mean?
As a verb, "levais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lever.
What words are commonly confused with "levais"?
"levais" is commonly confused with "levi", "Lewis", "levis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "levais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "levais" is \lə.vɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "levais" come from?
"levais" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "levais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lavrov#48,005linges#48,013Littré#48,015loggia#48,016

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Larissa8 variantsknown8 variantsjumelé8 variantsMoissac8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list