Which to use
“noyée” is a noun and “noyées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,666
- “noyée” frequency rank
- #43,035
- “noyées” frequency rank
- 71701
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | noyée | noyées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme ou fille noyée. | Féminin pluriel de noyé. |
Same sound, different letters: noyée vs noyées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. noyée runs 5 letters (CVVVV) against noyées's 6 (CVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: noyée vs noyées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: noyée and noyées 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) - “noyée” sits inside “noyées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
noyée is recorded at frequency rank #28,666, classified as anoun, pronounced \nwa.je\. 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 71701, this pair ranks #46,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of noyée vs noyées
Shared letters: enoyé. Private to "noyée": -. Private to "noyées": s.
"noyée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "noyées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "noyée" for "noyées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "noyée" vs "noyées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"noyée" and "noyées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "noyée" 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 #46,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "noyée" and "noyées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noués vs noyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,613 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.