Which to use
“envois” and “envoyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,588
- “envois” frequency rank
- #5,656
- “envoyés” frequency rank
- 19244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envois | envoyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de envoi. | Pluriel de envoyé. |
Where the eye mixes envois and envoyés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. envois runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against envoyés's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between envois and envoyés
A purely visual mix-up. envois (\ɑ̃.vwa\) and envoyés (\ɑ̃.vwa.je\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envois is recorded at frequency rank #13,588, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa\. envoyés is at rank #5,656, tagged as anoun, 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 19244, this pair ranks #374,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envois vs envoyés
Shared letters: enosv. Private to "envois": i. Private to "envoyés": yé.
"envois" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "envoyés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envois ← ennvois · enovis · envios · envoiss · envosi · envvois · evnois · nevois
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envois" for "envoyés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "envois" or "envoyés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "envois" and "envoyés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "envois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envois" and "envoyés" 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 #374,226 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.