Which to use
“envoient” and “envolent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,388
- “envoient” frequency rank
- #28,158
- “envolent” frequency rank
- 36546
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoient | envolent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoler. |
Where the eye mixes envoient and envolent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: envoient vs envolent
A purely visual mix-up. envoient (\ɑ̃.vwa\) and envolent (\ɑ̃.vɔl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - i in “envoient” becomes l in “envolent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36546, 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\. envolent is at rank #28,158, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vɔl\.
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 36546, this pair ranks #268,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of envoient vs envolent
Shared letters: enotv. Private to "envoient": i. Private to "envolent": l.
"envoient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC · "envolent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "envoient" and "envolent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "envoient" or "envolent" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "envoient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envolent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoient" and "envolent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envient vs envolent". 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 #268,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.