Which to use
“valez” is a verb and “volée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,199
- “valez” frequency rank
- #8,055
- “volée” frequency rank
- 44254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valez | volée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir. | Action de voler, vol, envol, en parlant des oiseaux et de certains animaux comme les insectes. |
Where the eye mixes valez and volée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses valez with volée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: valez is \va.le\ while volée is \vɔ.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valez is recorded at frequency rank #36,199, classified as averb, pronounced \va.le\. volée is at rank #8,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced \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 44254, this pair ranks #211,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of valez vs volée
Shared letters: elv. Private to "valez": az. Private to "volée": oé.
"valez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "volée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- valez ← avlez · vaelz · valezz · vallez · valze · vlaez · vvalez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "valez" and "volée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "valez" or "volée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "valez" and "volée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valez" and "volée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valez vs visez". 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 #211,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.