Which to use
“livrées” and “livreur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,933
- “livrées” frequency rank
- #14,304
- “livreur” frequency rank
- 31237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | livrées | livreur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de livrée. | 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 livrées and livreur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. livrées and livreur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between livrées and livreur
A purely visual mix-up. livrées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
livrées is recorded at frequency rank #16,933, 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 31237, this pair ranks #305,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of livrées vs livreur
Shared letters: eilrv. Private to "livrées": sé. Private to "livreur": u.
"livrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "livreur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- livreur ← ilvreur · lirveur · liverur · livreru · livreurr · livrreur · livruer · livvreur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "livrées" for "livreur" ever safe?
Frequency check: "livrées" vs "livreur" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "livrées" 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 #305,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "livrées" and "livreur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lièvres vs livrées". 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 #305,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.