Which to use
“livraison” and “livraisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,773
- “livraison” frequency rank
- #10,530
- “livraisons” frequency rank
- 14303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | livraison | livraisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de livrer de la marchandise qu’on a vendue. | Pluriel de livraison. |
Same sound, different letters: livraison vs livraisons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. livraison runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against livraisons's 10 (CVCCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - livraison / livraisons
This is the hard kind. livraison and livraisons are pronounced identically (\li.vʁɛ.zɔ̃\) 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) - “livraison” sits inside “livraisons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
livraison is recorded at frequency rank #3,773, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.vʁɛ.zɔ̃\. livraisons is at rank #10,530, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.vʁɛ.zɔ̃\.
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 14303, this pair ranks #397,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of livraison vs livraisons
Shared letters: ailnorsv. Private to "livraison": -. Private to "livraisons": -.
"livraison" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "livraisons" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- livraison ← ilvraison · lirvaison · livarison · livraiosn · livraisno · livraisonn · livraisson · livrasion
- livraisons ← ilvraisons · lirvaisons · livarisons · livraiosns · livraisnos · livraisonns · livraisonss · livraisosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "livraison" and "livraisons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "livraison" or "livraisons"?
What to do next
"livraison" and "livraisons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "livraison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "livraisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "livraison" and "livraisons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liaisons vs livraisons". 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 #397,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.