Which to use
“lever” and “livrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,370
- “lever” frequency rank
- #4,161
- “livrer” frequency rank
- 6531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lever | livrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire qu’une chose soit plus haut qu’elle n’était. | Mettre une chose au pouvoir, en la possession de quelqu’un, selon les conventions faites avec lui. |
Where the eye mixes lever and livrer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between lever and livrer
A purely visual mix-up. lever (\lə.ve\) and livrer (\li.vʁe\) 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 6531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lever is recorded at frequency rank #2,370, classified as averb, pronounced \lə.ve\. livrer is at rank #4,161, tagged as averb, pronounced \li.vʁe\.
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 6531, this pair ranks #425,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lever vs livrer
Shared letters: elrv. Private to "lever": -. Private to "livrer": i.
"lever" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "livrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lever" and "livrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lever" vs "livrer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lever" and "livrer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lever" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "livrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lever" and "livrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "livrer vs Livry". 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 #425,978 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.