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“élèvera” and “enlever” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,649
“élèvera” frequency rank
#2,672
“enlever” frequency rank
35321
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature élèvera enlever
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de élever. Déplacer vers le haut.

Where the eye mixes élèvera and enlever

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. élèvera (VCVCVCV) and enlever (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
élèvera
7 ch
enlever

Why the eye confuses élèvera with enlever

A purely visual mix-up. élèvera (\e.lɛ.və.ʁa\) and enlever (\ɑ̃l.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

élèvera is recorded at frequency rank #32,649, classified as averb, pronounced \e.lɛ.və.ʁa\. enlever is at rank #2,672, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃l.ve\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 35321, this pair ranks #277,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of élèvera vs enlever

Shared letters: elrv. Private to "élèvera": aèé. Private to "enlever": n.

"élèvera" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "enlever" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enlever ← elnever · enelver · enleevr · enleverr · enlevre · enlevver · enllever · enlveer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "élèvera" for "enlever" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.lɛ.və.ʁa\ versus \ɑ̃l.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "élèvera" or "enlever" show up more?
"enlever" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,672 in our French list, against #32,649 for "élèvera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "élèvera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enlever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #277,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "élèvera" and "enlever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "élèvera vs Elvira". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #277,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list