Which to use
“leurs” is a determiner and “levure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #126
- “leurs” frequency rank
- #19,056
- “levure” frequency rank
- 19182
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leurs | levure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel. Qui sont à eux. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets. | Écume que fait la bière quand elle fermente, et dont les boulangers et les pâtissiers se servent quelquefois au lieu d’autre levain. |
Where the eye mixes leurs and levure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between leurs and levure
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: leurs is \lœʁ\ while levure is \lə.vyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19182, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leurs is recorded at frequency rank #126, classified as adet, pronounced \lœʁ\. levure is at rank #19,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lə.vyʁ\.
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 19182, this pair ranks #374,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leurs vs levure
Shared letters: elru. Private to "leurs": s. Private to "levure": v.
"leurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "levure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leurs" for "levure" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "leurs" or "levure" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "leurs" and "levure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leurs" and "levure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levure vs lure". 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 #374,559 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.