Which to use
“envoies” is a verb and “envoyez” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,419
- “envoies” frequency rank
- #6,293
- “envoyez” frequency rank
- 23712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoies | envoyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Ordre donné au cours de la cérémonie des couleurs à un ou plusieurs servants de hisser le drapeau national avec la drisse jusqu’en haut du mât des couleurs. |
Where the eye mixes envoies and envoyez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. envoies and envoyez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between envoies and envoyez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: envoies is \ɑ̃.vwa\ while envoyez is \ɑ̃.vwa.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23712, 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\. envoyez is at rank #6,293, tagged as anintj, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.je\.
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 23712, this pair ranks #350,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoies vs envoyez
Shared letters: enov. Private to "envoies": is. Private to "envoyez": yz.
"envoies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "envoyez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envoies" for "envoyez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "envoies" or "envoyez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "envoies" and "envoyez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoies" and "envoyez" 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 #350,896 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.