livret
\li.vʁɛ\
The verdict
“livret” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,314 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,314
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit livre.
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 | livret |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.vʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “livret” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for livret is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.vʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,314 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 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 livret, with forms such as "ilvret", "lirvet", and "livert". 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", "Loiret", "livreur", 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 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 livret, spelled L-I-V-R-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petit livre.
- 2Poème sur lequel est composée la musique d’une pièce de théâtre lyrique.
- 3Poème sur lequel est composée la musique d’une pièce de théâtre lyrique.
- 4Petit registre, carnet à souche où sont consignées les sommes à toucher par les bénéficiaires.
- 5Carnet délivré à chaque soldat et établissant sa situation militaire ainsi que, pour la cavalerie, la description du cheval et de l'équipement dont le cavalier est détenteur.
- 6Registre délivré par les caisses d’épargne à chaque déposant et contenant les versements et les remboursements.
- 7Carnet où sont portés les résultats obtenus par l'élève et les appréciations de ses professeurs.
- 8Carnet où sont portés les résultats obtenus par l'élève et les appréciations de ses professeurs.
- 9Table de multiplication.
- 10Cahier de minces feuilles de papier entre lesquelles les doreurs rangent les feuilles d'or.
- 11À partir du XVIIIᵉ siècle et jusqu'à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle, carnet individuel et obligatoire, qui indiquait l'identité de son détenteur et la nature et la durée des emplois tenus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilvret,lirvet,livert,livrett,livrret,livrte,livvret,llivret,lviret
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of livret - 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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Using “livret”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-V-R-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.vʁɛ\ (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. livret vs Livry
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.