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.
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?
Which is more common, "livrée" or "livreur"?
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.