livraitvslivretsConfusable pair

Quick tell: livrait is a verb, livrets is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“livrait” is a verb and “livrets” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,582
“livrait” frequency rank
#20,778
“livrets” frequency rank
56360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature livrait livrets
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe livrer. Pluriel de livret.

Same sound, different letters: livrait vs livrets

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. livrait (CVCCVVC) and livrets (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
livrait
7 ch
livrets

Same sound, different spelling - livrait / livrets

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: livrait and livrets carry the same recorded pronunciation, \li.vʁɛ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

livrait is recorded at frequency rank #35,582, classified as averb, pronounced \li.vʁɛ\. livrets is at rank #20,778, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.vʁɛ\.

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 56360, this pair ranks #121,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of livrait vs livrets

Shared letters: ilrtv. Private to "livrait": a. Private to "livrets": es.

"livrait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "livrets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • livrait ← ilvrait · lirvait · livarit · livraitt · livrati · livriat · livrrait · livvrait
  • livrets ← ilvrets · lirvets · liverts · livrest · livretss · livretts · livrrets · livrtes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "livrait" and "livrets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "livrait" is a verb and "livrets" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "livrait" or "livrets" show up more?
"livrets" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,778 in our French list, against #35,582 for "livrait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "livrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "livrets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "livrait" and "livrets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lavait vs livrait". 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 #121,560 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list