Which to use
“envoyant” and “envoyons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,319
- “envoyant” frequency rank
- #32,807
- “envoyons” frequency rank
- 43126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyant | envoyons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de envoyer. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. |
Where the eye mixes envoyant and envoyons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. envoyant and envoyons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: envoyant vs envoyons
A purely visual mix-up. envoyant (\ɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃\) and envoyons (\ɑ̃.vwa.jɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoyant is recorded at frequency rank #10,319, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃\. envoyons is at rank #32,807, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.jɔ̃\.
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 43126, this pair ranks #220,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of envoyant vs envoyons
Shared letters: enovy. Private to "envoyant": at. Private to "envoyons": s.
"envoyant" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC · "envoyons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "envoyant" and "envoyons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "envoyant" or "envoyons"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "envoyant" and "envoyons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyant" and "envoyons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envoyais vs envoyons". 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 #220,432 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.