Which to use
“envoi” and “envois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,252
- “envoi” frequency rank
- #13,588
- “envois” frequency rank
- 16840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoi | envois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’envoyer. | Pluriel de envoi. |
Same sound, different letters: envoi vs envois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. envoi runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against envois's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - envoi and envois
This is the hard kind. envoi and envois are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.vwa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “envoi” sits inside “envois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16840, 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\. envois is at rank #13,588, tagged as anoun, 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 16840, this pair ranks #386,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoi vs envois
Shared letters: einov. Private to "envoi": -. Private to "envois": s.
"envoi" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "envois" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "envoi" and "envois" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "envoi" or "envois" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "envoi" / "envois". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoi" and "envois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envois vs envoyais". 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 #386,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.