Which to use
“lever” and “love” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,370
- “lever” frequency rank
- #2,833
- “love” frequency rank
- 5203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lever | love |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire qu’une chose soit plus haut qu’elle n’était. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de lover. |
Where the eye mixes lever and love
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lever vs love
A purely visual mix-up. lever (\lə.ve\) and love (\lɔv\) 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 5203, 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\. love is at rank #2,833, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɔv\.
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 5203, this pair ranks #429,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lever vs love
Shared letters: elv. Private to "lever": r. Private to "love": o.
"lever" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lever" for "love" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lever" or "love"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lever" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "love" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lever" and "love" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "louvet vs love". 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 #429,656 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.