Which to use
“lièvres” and “lires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,388
- “lièvres” frequency rank
- #35,129
- “lires” frequency rank
- 76517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lièvres | lires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lièvre. | Pluriel de lire. |
Where the eye mixes lièvres and lires
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lièvres runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against lires's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lièvres vs lires
A purely visual mix-up. lièvres (\ljɛvʁ\) and lires (\liʁ\) 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 76517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lièvres is recorded at frequency rank #41,388, classified as anoun, pronounced \ljɛvʁ\. lires is at rank #35,129, tagged as anoun, pronounced \liʁ\.
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 76517, this pair ranks #30,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lièvres vs lires
Shared letters: eilrs. Private to "lièvres": vè. Private to "lires": -.
"lièvres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "lires" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lires ← ilres · liers · liress · lirres · lirse · llires · lries
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lièvres" and "lires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lièvres" vs "lires" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lièvres" and "lires" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lièvres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lièvres" and "lires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs lires". 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 #30,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.