Which to use
“lavent” and “lavez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,573
- “lavent” frequency rank
- #31,117
- “lavez” frequency rank
- 66690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lavent | lavez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laver. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laver. |
Where the eye mixes lavent and lavez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lavent runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against lavez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses lavent with lavez
A purely visual mix-up. lavent (\lav\) and lavez (\la.ve\) 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 66690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lavent is recorded at frequency rank #35,573, classified as averb, pronounced \lav\. lavez is at rank #31,117, tagged as averb, pronounced \la.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 66690, this pair ranks #66,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lavent vs lavez
Shared letters: aelv. Private to "lavent": nt. Private to "lavez": z.
"lavent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "lavez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lavent" for "lavez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lavent" vs "lavez" - 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 "lavent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lavez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lavent" and "lavez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lavait vs lavent". 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 #66,712 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.