Which to use
“levées” and “levis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,750
- “levées” frequency rank
- #30,689
- “levis” frequency rank
- 48439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levées | levis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de levé. | Qu’on lève. |
Where the eye mixes levées and levis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. levées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against levis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between levées and levis
A purely visual mix-up. levées (\lə.ve\) and levis (\lə.vi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
levées is recorded at frequency rank #17,750, classified as anadj, pronounced \lə.ve\. levis is at rank #30,689, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lə.vi\.
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 48439, this pair ranks #178,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of levées vs levis
Shared letters: elsv. Private to "levées": é. Private to "levis": i.
"levées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "levis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- levis ← leivs · leviss · levsi · levvis · llevis · lveis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "levées" and "levis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "levées" vs "levis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "levées" and "levis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "levées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levées" and "levis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levais vs levis". 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 #178,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.