Which to use
“envoyée” and “envoyées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,613
- “envoyée” frequency rank
- #11,763
- “envoyées” frequency rank
- 18376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyée | envoyées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui a été envoyée. | Pluriel de envoyée. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyée vs envoyées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. envoyée runs 7 letters (VCCVVVV) against envoyées's 8 (VCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - envoyée / envoyées
This is the hard kind. envoyée and envoyées 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) - “envoyée” sits inside “envoyées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoyée is recorded at frequency rank #6,613, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.je\. envoyées is at rank #11,763, 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 18376, this pair ranks #378,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoyée vs envoyées
Shared letters: enovyé. Private to "envoyée": -. Private to "envoyées": s.
"envoyée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "envoyées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "envoyée" and "envoyées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "envoyée" vs "envoyées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyée" and "envoyées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envoyais vs envoyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #378,644 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.