Which to use
“envoyée” and “envoyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,613
- “envoyée” frequency rank
- #5,656
- “envoyés” frequency rank
- 12269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyée | envoyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui a été envoyée. | Pluriel de envoyé. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyée vs envoyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envoyée (VCCVVVV) and envoyés (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: envoyée vs envoyés
This is the hard kind. envoyée and envoyés 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 a single letter - e in “envoyée” becomes s in “envoyés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12269, 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\. envoyés is at rank #5,656, 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 12269, this pair ranks #405,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoyée vs envoyés
Shared letters: enovyé. Private to "envoyée": -. Private to "envoyés": s.
"envoyée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "envoyés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envoyée" for "envoyés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "envoyée" or "envoyés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "envoyée" / "envoyés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyée" and "envoyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ennuyée vs envoyée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #405,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.