Which to use
“notées” and “noyées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,719
- “notées” frequency rank
- #43,035
- “noyées” frequency rank
- 73754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notées | noyées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de noté. | Féminin pluriel de noyé. |
Where the eye mixes notées and noyées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. notées (CVCVVC) and noyées (CVVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between notées and noyées
A purely visual mix-up. notées (\nɔ.te\) and noyées (\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 a single letter - t in “notées” becomes y in “noyées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
notées is recorded at frequency rank #30,719, classified as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.te\. noyées is at rank #43,035, tagged as anadj, 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 73754, this pair ranks #39,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of notées vs noyées
Shared letters: enosé. Private to "notées": t. Private to "noyées": y.
"notées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "noyées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "notées" for "noyées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "notées" or "noyées"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "notées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "noyées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notées" and "noyées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noués vs noyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #39,398 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.