livréevslivreurConfusable pair

Which to use

“livrée” and “livreur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,026
“livrée” frequency rank
#14,304
“livreur” frequency rank
24330
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature livrée livreur
Definition Uniforme, tenue caractéristique d’une maison, que portent les domestiques. Celui qui livre des marchandises, des colis, au nom d’une compagnie de chemins de fer, d’une maison de commerce, etc.

Where the eye mixes livrée and livreur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. livrée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against livreur's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
livrée
7 ch
livreur

Look-alike desk: livrée vs livreur

A purely visual mix-up. livrée (\li.vʁe\) and livreur (\li.vʁœʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

livrée is recorded at frequency rank #10,026, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.vʁe\. livreur is at rank #14,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.vʁœʁ\.

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 24330, this pair ranks #347,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of livrée vs livreur

Shared letters: eilrv. Private to "livrée": é. Private to "livreur": u.

"livrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "livreur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • livreur ← ilvreur · lirveur · liverur · livreru · livreurr · livrreur · livruer · livvreur

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "livrée" and "livreur" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\li.vʁe\ versus \li.vʁœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "livrée" or "livreur"?
"livrée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,026 in our French list, against #14,304 for "livreur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "livrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "livreur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #347,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "livrée" and "livreur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "livrée 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 #347,219 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