Which to use
“envoient” is a verb and “envois” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,388
- “envoient” frequency rank
- #13,588
- “envois” frequency rank
- 21976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoient | envois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Pluriel de envoi. |
Same sound, different letters: envoient vs envois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. envoient runs 8 letters (VCCVVVCC) against envois's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - envoient / envois
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envoient and envois carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.vwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21976, 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\. 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 21976, this pair ranks #360,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoient vs envois
Shared letters: einov. Private to "envoient": t. Private to "envois": s.
"envoient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC · "envois" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "envoient" and "envois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "envoient" or "envois" show up more?
What to do next
"envoient" and "envois" 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 "envois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoient" 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 #360,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.