lèveravslevezTell them apart

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“lèvera” and “levez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,604
“lèvera” frequency rank
#18,790
“levez” frequency rank
53394
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lèvera levez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de lever. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lever.

Where the eye mixes lèvera and levez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lèvera runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against levez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
lèvera
5 ch
levez

Why the eye confuses lèvera with levez

A purely visual mix-up. lèvera (\lɛ.və.ʁa\) and levez (\lə.ve\) 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 53394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lèvera is recorded at frequency rank #34,604, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.və.ʁa\. levez is at rank #18,790, tagged as averb, pronounced \lə.ve\.

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 53394, this pair ranks #141,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lèvera vs levez

Shared letters: elv. Private to "lèvera": arè. Private to "levez": z.

"lèvera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "levez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levez ← elvez · leevz · levezz · levvez · levze · llevez · lveez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lèvera" and "levez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\lɛ.və.ʁa\ versus \lə.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "lèvera" or "levez" show up more?
"levez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,790 in our French list, against #34,604 for "lèvera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lèvera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #141,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lèvera" and "levez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lèvera vs livra". 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 #141,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list