Which to use
“confiées” is a verb and “conviés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,269
- “confiées” frequency rank
- #30,962
- “conviés” frequency rank
- 52231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confiées | conviés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de confier. | Masculin pluriel de convié. |
Where the eye mixes confiées and conviés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. confiées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) against conviés's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: confiées vs conviés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: confiées is \kɔ̃.fje\ while conviés is \kɔ̃.vje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confiées is recorded at frequency rank #21,269, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fje\. conviés is at rank #30,962, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.vje\.
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 52231, this pair ranks #149,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confiées vs conviés
Shared letters: cinosé. Private to "confiées": ef. Private to "conviés": v.
"confiées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "conviés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confiées" for "conviés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "confiées" or "conviés"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "confiées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conviés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confiées" and "conviés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congres vs conviés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #149,162 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.