Which to use
“envoyé” and “envoyée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,411
- “envoyé” frequency rank
- #6,613
- “envoyée” frequency rank
- 8024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyé | envoyée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui est envoyée quelque part par quelqu’un. | Celle qui a été envoyée. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyé vs envoyée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envoyé runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against envoyée's 7 (VCCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - envoyé and envoyée
This is the hard kind. envoyé and envoyée are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.vwa.je\) 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) - “envoyé” sits inside “envoyée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoyé is recorded at frequency rank #1,411, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.je\. envoyée is at rank #6,613, 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 8024, this pair ranks #421,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoyé vs envoyée
Shared letters: enovyé. Private to "envoyé": -. Private to "envoyée": -.
"envoyé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "envoyée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "envoyé" / "envoyée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyé" and "envoyée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ennuyée vs envoyée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #421,368 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.