Which to use
“noyées” is an adjective and “noyers” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,035
- “noyées” frequency rank
- #43,034
- “noyers” frequency rank
- 86069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | noyées | noyers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de noyé. | Pluriel de noyer. |
Same sound, different letters: noyées vs noyers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. noyées (CVVVVC) and noyers (CVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: noyées vs noyers
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: noyées and noyers carry the same recorded pronunciation, \nwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
noyées is recorded at frequency rank #43,035, classified as anadj, pronounced \nwa.je\. noyers is at rank #43,034, 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 86069, this pair ranks #10,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of noyées vs noyers
Shared letters: enosy. Private to "noyées": é. Private to "noyers": r.
"noyées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "noyers" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- noyers ← nnoyers · noeyrs · noyerrs · noyerss · noyesr · noyres · noyyers · nyoers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "noyées" and "noyers" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "noyées" or "noyers"?
What to do next
"noyées" and "noyers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "noyées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "noyers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "noyées" and "noyers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noués vs noyées". 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 #10,284 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.