Which to use
“lierre” and “livrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,047
- “lierre” frequency rank
- #10,026
- “livrée” frequency rank
- 42073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lierre | livrée |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Uniforme, tenue caractéristique d’une maison, que portent les domestiques. |
Where the eye mixes lierre and livrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lierre (CVVCCV) and livrée (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses lierre with livrée
A purely visual mix-up. lierre (\ljɛʁ\) and livrée (\li.vʁe\) 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 42073, 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\. livrée is at rank #10,026, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.vʁe\.
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 42073, this pair ranks #228,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lierre vs livrée
Shared letters: eilr. Private to "lierre": -. Private to "livrée": vé.
"lierre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "livrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lierre ← ilerre · leirre · liere · lierer · lirere · llierre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lierre" and "livrée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lierre" vs "livrée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lierre" and "livrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lierre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "livrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lierre" and "livrée" 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 #228,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.