survolévssurvolerConfusable pair

Which to use

“survolé” and “survoler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,611
“survolé” frequency rank
#33,036
“survoler” frequency rank
65647
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature survolé survoler
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de survoler. Voler par-dessus.

Same sound, different letters: survolé vs survoler

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. survolé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against survoler's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
survolé
8 ch
survoler

Homophone desk: survolé vs survoler

This is the hard kind. survolé and survoler are pronounced identically (\syʁ.vɔ.le\) and both work as averb. 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 65647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

survolé is recorded at frequency rank #32,611, classified as averb, pronounced \syʁ.vɔ.le\. survoler is at rank #33,036, tagged as averb, pronounced \syʁ.vɔ.le\.

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 65647, this pair ranks #71,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of survolé vs survoler

Shared letters: lorsuv. Private to "survolé": é. Private to "survoler": e.

"survolé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "survoler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • survolersruvoler · ssurvoler · surovler · surrvoler · survloer · survoelr · survolerr · survoller

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "survolé" and "survoler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\syʁ.vɔ.le\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "survolé" vs "survoler" - which ranks higher?
"survolé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,611 in our French list, against #33,036 for "survoler". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "survolé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "survoler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "survolé" and "survoler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "servile vs survolé". 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 #71,405 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list