Which to use
“lierre” is a noun and “ligure” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,047
- “lierre” frequency rank
- #44,548
- “ligure” frequency rank
- 76595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lierre | ligure |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Relatif à la Ligurie ou sa culture. |
Where the eye mixes lierre and ligure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lierre (CVVCCV) and ligure (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between lierre and ligure
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lierre is \ljɛʁ\ while ligure is \li.ɡyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76595, 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\. ligure is at rank #44,548, tagged as anadj, pronounced \li.ɡyʁ\.
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 76595, this pair ranks #30,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lierre vs ligure
Shared letters: eilr. Private to "lierre": -. Private to "ligure": gu.
"lierre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "ligure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lierre" for "ligure" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lierre" or "ligure"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "lierre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ligure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lierre" and "ligure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ligure vs lure". 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 #30,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.