Which to use
“envoies” is a verb and “envolées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,419
- “envoies” frequency rank
- #36,375
- “envolées” frequency rank
- 53794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoies | envolées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Pluriel de envolée. |
Where the eye mixes envoies and envolées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. envoies runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against envolées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: envoies vs envolées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: envoies is \ɑ̃.vwa\ while envolées is \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoies is recorded at frequency rank #17,419, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa\. envolées is at rank #36,375, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\.
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 53794, this pair ranks #138,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of envoies vs envolées
Shared letters: enosv. Private to "envoies": i. Private to "envolées": lé.
"envoies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "envolées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envoies ← ennvoies · enovies · envioes · envoeis · envoiess · envoise · envvoies · evnoies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "envoies" and "envolées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "envoies" or "envolées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envolées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoies" and "envolées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envolées vs évoluées". 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 #138,312 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.