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.
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
- survoler ← sruvoler · ssurvoler · surovler · surrvoler · survloer · survoelr · survolerr · survoller
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "survolé" and "survoler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "survolé" vs "survoler" - which ranks higher?
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.