Which to use
“lièvre” and “lièvres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,525
- “lièvre” frequency rank
- #41,388
- “lièvres” frequency rank
- 59913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lièvre | lièvres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de lièvre. |
Same sound, different letters: lièvre vs lièvres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. lièvre runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against lièvres's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - lièvre / lièvres
This is the hard kind. lièvre and lièvres are pronounced identically (\ljɛvʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lièvre” sits inside “lièvres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lièvre is recorded at frequency rank #18,525, classified as anoun, pronounced \ljɛvʁ\. lièvres is at rank #41,388, 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 59913, this pair ranks #100,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lièvre vs lièvres
Shared letters: eilrvè. Private to "lièvre": -. Private to "lièvres": s.
"lièvre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "lièvres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lièvre" and "lièvres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lièvre" or "lièvres"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "lièvre" / "lièvres". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lièvre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lièvres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lièvre" and "lièvres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lièvres vs lires". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #100,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.