levier
\lə.vje\
The verdict
“levier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,416. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,416
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barre rigide que l’on fixe à un point d’appui servant à faciliter un mouvement pour déplacer, soutenir ou soulever d’autres corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-levier · levier · French
levier · rank #8,416 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,416
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH levant
Nearest frequency peer: levant (-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 « levier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- jan
jan
91,589 corpus weight
- levant
levant
91,586 corpus weight
- levier
levier
91,585 corpus weight
- Linux
Linux
91,584 corpus weight
- locataires
locataires
91,583 corpus weight
- lycées
lycées
91,582 corpus weight
What this shows « levier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | levier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lə.vje\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « levier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around levier (IPA \lə.vje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,416 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for levier, with forms such as "elvier", "leiver", and "leveir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lier", "lèvre", "levis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is levier, spelled L-E-V-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Barre rigide que l’on fixe à un point d’appui servant à faciliter un mouvement pour déplacer, soutenir ou soulever d’autres corps.
- 2Tout instrument qui a de l’analogie avec le levier.
- 3Commande de machine en forme de barre.
- 4Force morale, ou moyen d’action entraînant un changement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how levier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nappe formée passe alors entre deux cylindres cannelés 2 et 3, soumis à une forte pression au moyen d'un système de leviers avec contrepoids 5.
On pouvait le surprendre intrépidement planté sur ses jambes, le nez en l’air, assistant à la chute d’une pierre qu’un maçon ébranle avec un levier en haut d’une muraille, et sans quitter la place que la pierre ne tombât ; et, quand la pierre était tombée, il s’en allait heureux comme un académicien le serait de la chute d’un drame romantique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elvier
- leiver
- leveir
- levierr
- levire
- levvier
- llevier
- lveier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of levier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).