lervslevaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#41,868
“ler” frequency rank
#18,789
“leva” frequency rank
60657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ler leva
Definition Pin. Pluriel de lev, monnaie bulgare.

Letter map: ler vs leva

Shared letters muted; letters that set ler and leva apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ler runs 3 letters (CVC) against leva's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
ler
4 ch
leva

Pair insight - ler / leva

ler and leva are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ler is recorded at frequency rank #41,868, classified as anoun. leva is at rank #18,789, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɛ.va\.

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 60657, this pair ranks #96,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ler vs leva

Shared letters: el. Private to "ler": r. Private to "leva": av.

"ler" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "leva" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • leva ← elva · leav · levva · lleva · lvea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ler" for "leva" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "ler" vs "leva" - which ranks higher?
"leva" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,789 in our French list, against #41,868 for "ler". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "ler" vs "leva" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "leva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ler" and "leva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs ler". 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 #96,480 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