Which to use
“lemme” and “lèvre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,640
- “lemme” frequency rank
- #13,423
- “lèvre” frequency rank
- 62063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lemme | lèvre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proposition dont la démonstration est nécessaire pour une autre proposition qui doit la suivre. | Partie extérieure et charnue qui borde la bouche, qui couvre les dents et qui aide à la formation des sons, à l’articulation des mots. Note d’usage : Très souvent employé au pluriel pour comprendre la lèvre supérieure et la lèvre inférieure. |
Where the eye mixes lemme and lèvre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lemme and lèvre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lemme vs lèvre
A purely visual mix-up. lemme (\lɛm\) and lèvre (\lɛvʁ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lemme is recorded at frequency rank #48,640, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛm\. lèvre is at rank #13,423, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɛvʁ\.
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 62063, this pair ranks #89,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lemme vs lèvre
Shared letters: el. Private to "lemme": m. Private to "lèvre": rvè.
"lemme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lèvre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lemme ← elmme · leme · lemem · llemme · lmeme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lemme" and "lèvre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lemme" or "lèvre" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lemme" and "lèvre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lemme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lèvre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lemme" and "lèvre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lemme vs leste". 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 #89,036 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.