Which to use
“noyées” and “noyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,035
- “noyées” frequency rank
- #22,352
- “noyés” frequency rank
- 65387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | noyées | noyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de noyé. | Masculin pluriel de noyé. |
Same sound, different letters: noyées vs noyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. noyées runs 6 letters (CVVVVC) against noyés's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - noyées and noyés
This is the hard kind. noyées and noyés are pronounced identically (\nwa.je\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65387, 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\. 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 65387, this pair ranks #72,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of noyées vs noyés
Shared letters: nosyé. Private to "noyées": e. Private to "noyés": -.
"noyées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "noyés" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "noyées" and "noyés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "noyées" vs "noyés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "noyées" 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 #72,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "noyées" and "noyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noués vs noyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #72,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.