Which to use
“lierre” and “lièvre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,047
- “lierre” frequency rank
- #18,525
- “lièvre” frequency rank
- 50572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lierre | lièvre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom usuel des représentants du genre Hedera, plantes sempervirentes, qui rampent à terre ou qui grimpent le long des murailles et autour des arbres et dont le type est le lierre grimpant ou Hedera helix. | 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 lierre and lièvre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lierre and lièvre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lierre vs lièvre
A purely visual mix-up. lierre (\ljɛʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lierre is recorded at frequency rank #32,047, classified as anoun, pronounced \ljɛʁ\. 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 50572, this pair ranks #161,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lierre vs lièvre
Shared letters: eilr. Private to "lierre": -. Private to "lièvre": vè.
"lierre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "lièvre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lierre ← ilerre · leirre · liere · lierer · lirere · llierre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lierre" for "lièvre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lierre" vs "lièvre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lierre" 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 #161,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lierre" and "lièvre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lierre vs Littré". 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 #161,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.