legvsleviConfusable pair

Which to use

“leg” and “levi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,893
“leg” frequency rank
#25,379
“levi” frequency rank
63272
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leg levi
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de legen. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe leviañ/leviat.

Where the eye mixes leg and levi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
leg
4 ch
levi

Visual trap between leg and levi

A purely visual mix-up. leg (\leːk\) and levi (\ˈleː.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 63272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leg is recorded at frequency rank #37,893, classified as averb, pronounced \leːk\. levi is at rank #25,379, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈleː.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 63272, this pair ranks #82,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of leg vs levi

Shared letters: el. Private to "leg": g. Private to "levi": iv.

"leg" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "levi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levielvi · leiv · levvi · llevi · lvei

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "leg" for "levi" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\leːk\ versus \ˈleː.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "leg" or "levi"?
"levi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,379 in our French list, against #37,893 for "leg". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "leg" and "levi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "leg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #82,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leg" and "levi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leg vs lep". 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 #82,817 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list