LevinevslevisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Levine is a name, levis is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Levine” is a name and “levis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,409
“Levine” frequency rank
#30,689
“levis” frequency rank
68098
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Levine levis
Definition Nom de famille. Qu’on lève.

Letter map: Levine vs levis

Shared letters muted; letters that set Levine and levis apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Levine
5 ch
levis

Part-of-speech tell for Levine / levis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Levine is aname and levisanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Levine is recorded at frequency rank #37,409, classified as aname. 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 68098, this pair ranks #60,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Levine vs levis

Shared letters: eilv. Private to "Levine": n. Private to "levis": s.

"Levine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "levis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Levineelvine · leivne · levien · levinne · levnie · levvine · llevine · lveine
  • levisleivs · leviss · levsi · levvis · llevis · lveis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Levine" and "levis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Levine" is a name and "levis" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Levine" vs "levis" - which ranks higher?
"levis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,689 in our French list, against #37,409 for "Levine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Levine" vs "levis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Levine" 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 #60,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Levine" and "levis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Levine vs loving". 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 #60,571 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