livrée
The verdict
“livrée” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #10,026 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,026
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Uniforme, tenue caractéristique d’une maison, que portent les domestiques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | livrée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.vʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “livrée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for livrée is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.vʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,026 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for livrée, with forms such as "ilvrée", "lirvée", and "livree". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Livry", "livres", "livrer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is livrée, spelled L-I-V-R-É-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Uniforme, tenue caractéristique d’une maison, que portent les domestiques.
- 2Ensemble des domestiques d’une même maison, domesticité, personnel domestique.
- 3Signes extérieurs révélant la condition d’un individu ou d’un groupe.
- 4Ensemble des motifs et couleurs présents sur l’extérieur d’un véhicule aérien, ferroviaire, routier ou marin.
- 5Apparence de la peau, du pelage, du plumage, de l'écaillure ou de la carapace des animaux.
- 6Papillon d’Europe et d’Asie de la famille des Lasiocampidae, dont la chenille bleue est nuisible aux ormes et aux arbres fruitiers, Synonyme de livrée des arbres.
- 7Nom donné à d’autres espèces de papillons : livrée des prés, livrée des forêts, livrée d’Amérique…
- 8Mesure terrienne : une livrée de terre est une superficie qui vaut une livre, ou bien qui rapporte une livre de rente par an.
- 9Une Livrée cardinalice était un palais élevé pour y accueillir un cardinal et sa suite.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilvrée,lirvée,livree,livreé,livrrée,livvrée,livére,llivrée,lvirée
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of livrée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "livrée"
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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Using “livrée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-V-R-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.vʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Livry” - see the side-by-side comparison. livrée vs Livry
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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