Which to use
“leve” and “lièvre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,877
- “leve” frequency rank
- #18,525
- “lièvre” frequency rank
- 58402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leve | lièvre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pension. | Quadrupède mammifère, à longues oreilles, de la famille des léporidés, qui a les pattes de derrière plus longues que celles de devant, ce qui le rend très rapide à la course. |
Where the eye mixes leve and lièvre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. leve runs 4 letters (CVCV) against lièvre's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: leve vs lièvre
A purely visual mix-up. leve (\ˈleː.ve\) and lièvre (\ljɛvʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leve is recorded at frequency rank #39,877, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈleː.ve\. lièvre is at rank #18,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ljɛvʁ\.
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 58402, this pair ranks #109,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of leve vs lièvre
Shared letters: elv. Private to "leve": -. Private to "lièvre": irè.
"leve" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lièvre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- leve ← elve · leev · levve · lleve · lvee
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leve" for "lièvre" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "leve" or "lièvre" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "leve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lièvre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leve" and "lièvre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs leve". 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 #109,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.