Which to use
“levure” and “levures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,056
- “levure” frequency rank
- #31,578
- “levures” frequency rank
- 50634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levure | levures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écume que fait la bière quand elle fermente, et dont les boulangers et les pâtissiers se servent quelquefois au lieu d’autre levain. | Pluriel de levure. |
Same sound, different letters: levure vs levures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - levure / levures
This is the hard kind. levure and levures are pronounced identically (\lə.vyʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “levure” sits inside “levures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
levure is recorded at frequency rank #19,056, classified as anoun, pronounced \lə.vyʁ\. levures is at rank #31,578, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lə.vyʁ\.
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 50634, this pair ranks #161,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of levure vs levures
Shared letters: elruv. Private to "levure": -. Private to "levures": s.
"levure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "levures" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "levure" and "levures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "levure" or "levures"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "levure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levure" and "levures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levures vs lièvres". 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 #161,113 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.