Which to use
“envoyées” is a noun and “envoyer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,763
- “envoyées” frequency rank
- #1,162
- “envoyer” frequency rank
- 12925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyées | envoyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de envoyée. | Faire partir quelqu’un ou faire porter quelque chose quelque part. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyées vs envoyer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - envoyées / envoyer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envoyées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoyées is recorded at frequency rank #11,763, 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 12925, this pair ranks #403,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoyées vs envoyer
Shared letters: enovy. Private to "envoyées": sé. Private to "envoyer": r.
"envoyées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC · "envoyer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envoyer ← ennvoyer · enovyer · envoeyr · envoyerr · envoyre · envoyyer · envvoyer · envyoer
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "envoyées" 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 #403,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyées" and "envoyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envoyais vs envoyées". 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 #403,174 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.