Which to use
“laver” and “liker” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,047
- “laver” frequency rank
- #49,193
- “liker” frequency rank
- 54240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laver | liker |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nettoyer avec de l’eau, pure ou savonneuse ou de lessive, ou, avec tout autre liquide. | Montrer son soutien, son approbation, son lien, son appréciation, ou bien le fait d’aimer un site ou quelque chose en cliquant sur un bouton virtuel ad'hoc portant un nom éponyme de type I like (« j’aime »). |
Where the eye mixes laver and liker
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. laver and liker follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between laver and liker
A purely visual mix-up. laver (\la.ve\) and liker (\laj.ke\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laver is recorded at frequency rank #5,047, classified as averb, pronounced \la.ve\. liker is at rank #49,193, tagged as averb, pronounced \laj.ke\.
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 54240, this pair ranks #135,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laver vs liker
Shared letters: elr. Private to "laver": av. Private to "liker": ik.
"laver" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "liker" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "laver" and "liker" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "laver" or "liker" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "laver" and "liker" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laver" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "liker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laver" and "liker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs limes". 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 #135,327 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.