Which to use
“livra” is a verb and “livrée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,712
- “livra” frequency rank
- #10,026
- “livrée” frequency rank
- 55738
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | livra | livrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de livrer. | Uniforme, tenue caractéristique d’une maison, que portent les domestiques. |
Where the eye mixes livra and livrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. livra runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against livrée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between livra and livrée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: livra is \li.vʁa\ while livrée is \li.vʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55738, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
livra is recorded at frequency rank #45,712, classified as averb, pronounced \li.vʁa\. 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 55738, this pair ranks #125,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of livra vs livrée
Shared letters: ilrv. Private to "livra": a. Private to "livrée": eé.
"livra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "livrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- livra ← ilvra · lirva · livar · livrra · livvra · llivra · lvira
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "livra" and "livrée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "livra" or "livrée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "livra" and "livrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "livra" 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 #125,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "livra" and "livrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "livra vs Livry". 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 #125,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.