Which to use
“levais” and “lisais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,009
- “levais” frequency rank
- #15,930
- “lisais” frequency rank
- 63939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levais | lisais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lever. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de lire. |
Where the eye mixes levais and lisais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. levais and lisais follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: levais vs lisais
A purely visual mix-up. levais (\lə.vɛ\) and lisais (\li.zɛ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
levais is recorded at frequency rank #48,009, classified as averb, pronounced \lə.vɛ\. lisais is at rank #15,930, tagged as averb, pronounced \li.zɛ\.
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 63939, this pair ranks #79,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of levais vs lisais
Shared letters: ails. Private to "levais": ev. Private to "lisais": -.
"levais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "lisais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "levais" for "lisais" ever safe?
Frequency check: "levais" vs "lisais" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "levais" and "lisais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "levais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lisais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levais" and "lisais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lavait vs levais". 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 #79,429 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.