Which to use
“ladies” and “lavis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,018
- “ladies” frequency rank
- #41,866
- “lavis” frequency rank
- 70884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ladies | lavis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lady. | Technique de dessin utilisant une seule couleur provenant souvent de l’encre de Chine, mais aussi le bistre, la sépia ou quelque autre substance colorante qui sont utilisées à des degrés de dilution divers. |
Where the eye mixes ladies and lavis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ladies runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against lavis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between ladies and lavis
A purely visual mix-up. ladies (\le.di\) and lavis (\la.vi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ladies is recorded at frequency rank #29,018, classified as anoun, pronounced \le.di\. lavis is at rank #41,866, tagged as anoun, pronounced \la.vi\.
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 70884, this pair ranks #49,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ladies vs lavis
Shared letters: ails. Private to "ladies": de. Private to "lavis": v.
"ladies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "lavis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ladies" for "lavis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ladies" vs "lavis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ladies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lavis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ladies" and "lavis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lavait vs lavis". 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 #49,608 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.