Which to use
“envolée” and “envolées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,208
- “envolée” frequency rank
- #36,375
- “envolées” frequency rank
- 60583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envolée | envolées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de s’envoler. | Pluriel de envolée. |
Same sound, different letters: envolée vs envolées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. envolée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against envolées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - envolée / envolées
This is the hard kind. envolée and envolées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.vɔ.le\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “envolée” sits inside “envolées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envolée is recorded at frequency rank #24,208, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\. 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 60583, this pair ranks #96,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of envolée vs envolées
Shared letters: elnové. Private to "envolée": -. Private to "envolées": s.
"envolée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "envolées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "envolée" and "envolées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "envolée" vs "envolées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "envolée" / "envolées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "envolée" 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 #96,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envolée" and "envolées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envolées vs évoluées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #96,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.