Which to use
“lavait” and “livrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,763
- “lavait” frequency rank
- #35,582
- “livrait” frequency rank
- 85345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lavait | livrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de laver. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe livrer. |
Where the eye mixes lavait and livrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lavait runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against livrait's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses lavait with livrait
A purely visual mix-up. lavait (\la.vɛ\) and livrait (\li.vʁɛ\) 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 85345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lavait is recorded at frequency rank #49,763, classified as averb, pronounced \la.vɛ\. livrait is at rank #35,582, tagged as averb, pronounced \li.vʁɛ\.
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 85345, this pair ranks #11,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lavait vs livrait
Shared letters: ailtv. Private to "lavait": -. Private to "livrait": r.
"lavait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "livrait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lavait" and "livrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lavait" or "livrait" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lavait" and "livrait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lavait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "livrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lavait" and "livrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lavait vs liait". 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 #11,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.