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

#9,867
“liaisons” frequency rank
#10,530
“livraisons” frequency rank
20397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature liaisons livraisons
Definition Pluriel de liaison. Pluriel de livraison.

Where the eye mixes liaisons and livraisons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. liaisons runs 8 letters (CVVVCVCC) against livraisons's 10 (CVCCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
liaisons
10 ch
livraisons

Why the eye confuses liaisons with livraisons

A purely visual mix-up. liaisons (\ljɛ.zɔ̃\) and livraisons (\li.vʁɛ.zɔ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

liaisons is recorded at frequency rank #9,867, classified as anoun, pronounced \ljɛ.zɔ̃\. livraisons is at rank #10,530, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.vʁɛ.zɔ̃\.

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 20397, this pair ranks #368,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of liaisons vs livraisons

Shared letters: ailnos. Private to "liaisons": -. Private to "livraisons": rv.

"liaisons" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVCC  ·  "livraisons" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • liaisons ← ilaisons · laiisons · liaiosns · liaisnos · liaisonns · liaisonss · liaisosn · liaissons
  • livraisons ← ilvraisons · lirvaisons · livarisons · livraiosns · livraisnos · livraisonns · livraisonss · livraisosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "liaisons" for "livraisons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ljɛ.zɔ̃\ versus \li.vʁɛ.zɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "liaisons" or "livraisons"?
"liaisons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,867 in our French list, against #10,530 for "livraisons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "liaisons" and "livraisons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "liaisons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "livraisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #368,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "liaisons" and "livraisons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liaisons vs lisons". 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 #368,471 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