Which to use
“envoie” and “envoies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,736
- “envoie” frequency rank
- #17,419
- “envoies” frequency rank
- 19155
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoie | envoies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: envoie vs envoies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envoie runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against envoies's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - envoie / envoies
This is the hard kind. envoie and envoies are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.vwa\) and both work as averb. 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) - “envoie” sits inside “envoies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoie is recorded at frequency rank #1,736, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa\. envoies is at rank #17,419, 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 19155, this pair ranks #374,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoie vs envoies
Shared letters: einov. Private to "envoie": -. Private to "envoies": s.
"envoie" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "envoies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "envoie" and "envoies" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "envoie" or "envoies"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "envoie" / "envoies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoie" and "envoies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôlés vs envoies". 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 #374,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.