Which to use
“envoient” and “envoyant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,388
- “envoient” frequency rank
- #10,319
- “envoyant” frequency rank
- 18707
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoient | envoyant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Participe présent de envoyer. |
Where the eye mixes envoient and envoyant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. envoient and envoyant follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between envoient and envoyant
A purely visual mix-up. envoient (\ɑ̃.vwa\) and envoyant (\ɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18707, 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\. envoyant is at rank #10,319, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃\.
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 18707, this pair ranks #376,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoient vs envoyant
Shared letters: enotv. Private to "envoient": i. Private to "envoyant": ay.
"envoient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC · "envoyant" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "envoient" and "envoyant" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "envoient" vs "envoyant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoient" and "envoyant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envient vs envoient". 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 #376,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.