Which to use
“lapins” and “lavis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,185
- “lapins” frequency rank
- #41,866
- “lavis” frequency rank
- 52051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lapins | lavis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lapin. | 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 lapins and lavis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lapins runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against lavis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lapins vs lavis
A purely visual mix-up. lapins (\la.pɛ̃\) 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 52051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lapins is recorded at frequency rank #10,185, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.pɛ̃\. 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 52051, this pair ranks #150,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lapins vs lavis
Shared letters: ails. Private to "lapins": np. Private to "lavis": v.
"lapins" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "lavis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lapins" and "lavis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lapins" or "lavis" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lapins" 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 #150,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lapins" 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 #150,533 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.