Which to use
“envoyée” is a noun and “envoyer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,613
- “envoyée” frequency rank
- #1,162
- “envoyer” frequency rank
- 7775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyée | envoyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui a été envoyée. | Faire partir quelqu’un ou faire porter quelque chose quelque part. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyée vs envoyer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envoyée (VCCVVVV) and envoyer (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - envoyée and envoyer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envoyée and envoyer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.vwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7775, 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\. envoyer is at rank #1,162, tagged as averb, 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 7775, this pair ranks #422,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoyée vs envoyer
Shared letters: enovy. Private to "envoyée": é. Private to "envoyer": r.
"envoyée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "envoyer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envoyer ← ennvoyer · enovyer · envoeyr · envoyerr · envoyre · envoyyer · envvoyer · envyoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "envoyée" and "envoyer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "envoyée" or "envoyer"?
After this comparison
"envoyée" and "envoyer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyée" and "envoyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ennuyée vs envoyée". 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 #422,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.