Which to use
“noise” and “noyée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,448
- “noise” frequency rank
- #28,666
- “noyée” frequency rank
- 66114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | noise | noyée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Querelle, dispute sur un sujet de peu d’importance. | Femme ou fille noyée. |
Where the eye mixes noise and noyée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. noise (CVVCV) and noyée (CVVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: noise vs noyée
A purely visual mix-up. noise (\nwaz\) and noyée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
noise is recorded at frequency rank #37,448, classified as anoun, pronounced \nwaz\. noyée is at rank #28,666, 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 66114, this pair ranks #69,229 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of noise vs noyée
Shared letters: eno. Private to "noise": is. Private to "noyée": yé.
"noise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "noyée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- noise ← niose · nnoise · noies · noisse · nosie · onise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "noise" for "noyée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "noise" vs "noyée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "noise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "noyée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,229 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "noise" and "noyée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nis vs noise". 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 #69,229 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.