Which to use
“envoyés” is a noun and “envoyez” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,656
- “envoyés” frequency rank
- #6,293
- “envoyez” frequency rank
- 11949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envoyés | envoyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de envoyé. | Ordre donné au cours de la cérémonie des couleurs à un ou plusieurs servants de hisser le drapeau national avec la drisse jusqu’en haut du mât des couleurs. |
Same sound, different letters: envoyés vs envoyez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - envoyés / envoyez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envoyés and envoyez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.vwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anintj, 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 11949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envoyés is recorded at frequency rank #5,656, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa.je\. envoyez is at rank #6,293, tagged as anintj, 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 11949, this pair ranks #407,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of envoyés vs envoyez
Shared letters: enovy. Private to "envoyés": sé. Private to "envoyez": z.
"envoyés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "envoyez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envoyez ← ennvoyez · enovyez · envoeyz · envoyezz · envoyyez · envoyze · envvoyez · envyoez
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 "envoyés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envoyés" and "envoyez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôlés vs envoyés". 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 #407,152 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.