Which to use
“envoyaient” and “envoyait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,504
- “envoyaient” frequency rank
- #16,611
- “envoyait” frequency rank
- 52115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyaient | envoyait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de envoyer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de envoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyaient vs envoyait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. envoyaient runs 10 letters (VCCVVVVVCC) against envoyait's 8 (VCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - envoyaient and envoyait
This is the hard kind. envoyaient and envoyait are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.vwa.jɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoyaient is recorded at frequency rank #35,504, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.jɛ\. envoyait is at rank #16,611, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.jɛ\.
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 52115, this pair ranks #150,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of envoyaient vs envoyait
Shared letters: aeinotvy. Private to "envoyaient": -. Private to "envoyait": -.
"envoyaient" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVVVVCC · "envoyait" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envoyaient ← ennvoyaient · enovyaient · envoayient · envoyaeint · envoyaiennt · envoyaientt · envoyaietn · envoyainet
- envoyait ← ennvoyait · enovyait · envoayit · envoyaitt · envoyati · envoyiat · envoyyait · envvoyait
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envoyaient" for "envoyait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "envoyaient" vs "envoyait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"envoyaient" and "envoyait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyaient" and "envoyait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envoyaient 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 #150,067 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.