Which to use
“notées” and “noyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,719
- “notées” frequency rank
- #22,352
- “noyés” frequency rank
- 53071
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notées | noyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de noté. | Masculin pluriel de noyé. |
Where the eye mixes notées and noyés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. notées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against noyés's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between notées and noyés
A purely visual mix-up. notées (\nɔ.te\) and noyés (\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 53071, 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\. noyés is at rank #22,352, 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 53071, this pair ranks #143,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of notées vs noyés
Shared letters: nosé. Private to "notées": et. Private to "noyés": y.
"notées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "noyés" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "notées" for "noyés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "notées" vs "noyés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "notées" and "noyés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "notées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "noyés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notées" and "noyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "notées vs noués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #143,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.