Which to use
“envoyées” and “envoyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,763
- “envoyées” frequency rank
- #5,656
- “envoyés” frequency rank
- 17419
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyées | envoyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de envoyée. | Pluriel de envoyé. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyées vs envoyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. envoyées runs 8 letters (VCCVVVVC) against envoyés's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - envoyées / envoyés
This is the hard kind. envoyées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17419, 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\. 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 17419, this pair ranks #383,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoyées vs envoyés
Shared letters: enosvyé. Private to "envoyées": -. Private to "envoyés": -.
"envoyées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC · "envoyés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envoyées" for "envoyés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "envoyées" vs "envoyés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "envoyés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyées" and "envoyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envoyais vs envoyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #383,259 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.