Which to use
“noa” and “noyé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,927
- “noa” frequency rank
- #15,949
- “noyé” frequency rank
- 57876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | noa | noyé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom d’un cépage hybride américain franc de pied dont l’usage commercial est interdit en France depuis 1935. C'est un raisin blanc au goût foxé dont les petits grains se détachent de la rafle à maturité. Des particuliers en possèdent dans leur jardin. | Personne qui se noie ou qui a péri par noyade. |
Where the eye mixes noa and noyé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. noa runs 3 letters (CVV) against noyé's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between noa and noyé
A purely visual mix-up. noa (\no.a\) and noyé (\nwa.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
noa is recorded at frequency rank #41,927, classified as anoun, pronounced \no.a\. noyé is at rank #15,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nwa.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 57876, this pair ranks #112,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of noa vs noyé
Shared letters: no. Private to "noa": a. Private to "noyé": yé.
"noa" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "noyé" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "noa" for "noyé" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "noa" or "noyé" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "noa" and "noyé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "noa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "noyé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "noa" and "noyé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noa vs nop". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #112,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.