Which to use
“lésés” and “levez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,943
- “lésés” frequency rank
- #18,790
- “levez” frequency rank
- 55733
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lésés | levez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de léser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lever. |
Where the eye mixes lésés and levez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. lésés and levez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses lésés with levez
A purely visual mix-up. lésés (\le.ze\) and levez (\lə.ve\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lésés is recorded at frequency rank #36,943, classified as averb, pronounced \le.ze\. levez is at rank #18,790, tagged as averb, pronounced \lə.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 55733, this pair ranks #125,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lésés vs levez
Shared letters: l. Private to "lésés": sé. Private to "levez": evz.
"lésés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "levez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- levez ← elvez · leevz · levezz · levvez · levze · llevez · lveez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lésés" and "levez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lésés" or "levez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lésés" and "levez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lésés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lésés" and "levez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lésés 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 #125,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.