Which to use
“envoient” and “envoies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,388
- “envoient” frequency rank
- #17,419
- “envoies” frequency rank
- 25807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoient | envoies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: envoient vs envoies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envoient runs 8 letters (VCCVVVCC) against envoies's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - envoient and envoies
This is the hard kind. envoient 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoient is recorded at frequency rank #8,388, 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 25807, this pair ranks #338,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoient vs envoies
Shared letters: einov. Private to "envoient": t. Private to "envoies": s.
"envoient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC · "envoies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "envoient" and "envoies" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "envoient" vs "envoies" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"envoient" and "envoies" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoient" 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 #338,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoient" 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 #338,733 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.