Which to use
“noyé” is a noun and “noyés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,949
- “noyé” frequency rank
- #22,352
- “noyés” frequency rank
- 38301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | noyé | noyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui se noie ou qui a péri par noyade. | Masculin pluriel de noyé. |
Same sound, different letters: noyé vs noyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. noyé runs 4 letters (CVVV) against noyés's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: noyé vs noyés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: noyé and noyés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \nwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “noyé” sits inside “noyés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
noyé is recorded at frequency rank #15,949, classified as anoun, pronounced \nwa.je\. 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 38301, this pair ranks #256,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of noyé vs noyés
Shared letters: noyé. Private to "noyé": -. Private to "noyés": s.
"noyé" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "noyés" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "noyé" and "noyés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "noyé" or "noyés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "noyé" 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 #256,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "noyé" and "noyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noués vs noyés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #256,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.