livres

\livʁ\

/\livʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“livres” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#903
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de livre (ouvrage qu’on lit).

Corpus desk

Index FR-livres · livres · French

livres · rank #903 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #903
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH instant

Nearest frequency peer: instant (-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 « livres »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « livres » 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).

livres vs Livry
50% similar
livres vs livret
83% similar
livres vs livreur
71% similar

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

Key facts for livres
PropertyValue
Headwordlivres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\livʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#903
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « livres »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).livresse 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 « instant » (#902), « majorité » (#904), « modèle » (#905). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « livres » est au #903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around livres (IPA \livʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #903 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de livre (ouvrage qu’on lit).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for livres, with forms such as "ilvres", "lirves", and "livers". 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, "Livry", "livret", "livreur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is livres, spelled L-I-V-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de livre (ouvrage qu’on lit).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how livres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Résultat d’une collaboration des acteurs du milieu du livre québécois (maisons d’édition, librairies, réseaux de distribution et bibliothèques publiques), la plateforme PRETNUMERIQUECA permet aux bibliothèques publiques d’acquérir des livres numériques et de les rendre disponibles à leurs usagers par l’entremise de prêts chronodégradables (c’est-à-dire qu…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilvres
  • lirves
  • livers
  • livress
  • livrres
  • livrse
  • livvres
  • llivres
  • lvires

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of livres - 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.

ilvres2lirves2livers2livress1livrres1livrse2livvres1llivres1
Edit distance from "livres"

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 "livres"?
"livres" is spelled L-I-V-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \livʁ\.
What does "livres" mean?
As a noun, "livres" means: Pluriel de livre (ouvrage qu’on lit).
What words are commonly confused with "livres"?
"livres" is commonly confused with "Livry", "livret", "livreur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "livres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "livres" is \livʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "livres" come from?
"livres" 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 "livres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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 (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list