Which to use
“levure” and “lièvre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,056
- “levure” frequency rank
- #18,525
- “lièvre” frequency rank
- 37581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levure | lièvre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écume que fait la bière quand elle fermente, et dont les boulangers et les pâtissiers se servent quelquefois au lieu d’autre levain. | Quadrupède mammifère, à longues oreilles, de la famille des léporidés, qui a les pattes de derrière plus longues que celles de devant, ce qui le rend très rapide à la course. |
Where the eye mixes levure and lièvre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. levure (CVCVCV) and lièvre (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: levure vs lièvre
A purely visual mix-up. levure (\lə.vyʁ\) and lièvre (\ljɛvʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37581, 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\. lièvre is at rank #18,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ljɛvʁ\.
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 37581, this pair ranks #261,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of levure vs lièvre
Shared letters: elrv. Private to "levure": u. Private to "lièvre": iè.
"levure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "lièvre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- levure ← elvure · leuvre · levrue · levuer · levurre · levvure · llevure · lveure
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "levure" and "lièvre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "levure" or "lièvre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "levure" and "lièvre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "levure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lièvre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levure" and "lièvre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lièvre 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 #261,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.