Which to use
“envoi” is a noun and “envoient” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,252
- “envoi” frequency rank
- #8,388
- “envoient” frequency rank
- 11640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoi | envoient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’envoyer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: envoi vs envoient
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. envoi runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against envoient's 8 (VCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - envoi and envoient
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envoi and envoient carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.vwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 3 extra letter(s) - “envoi” sits inside “envoient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoi is recorded at frequency rank #3,252, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa\. envoient is at rank #8,388, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa\.
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 11640, this pair ranks #408,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoi vs envoient
Shared letters: einov. Private to "envoi": -. Private to "envoient": t.
"envoi" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "envoient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "envoi" and "envoient" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "envoi" or "envoient" show up more?
Useful next steps
"envoi" and "envoient" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoi" and "envoient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envient vs envoient". 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 #408,388 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.