Which to use
“variée” is an adjective and “vérité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,587
- “variée” frequency rank
- #799
- “vérité” frequency rank
- 18386
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | variée | vérité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de varié. | Caractère de ce qui est vrai, conformité d’un récit, d’une relation avec un fait, de ce que l’on dit avec ce que l’on pense. |
Where the eye mixes variée and vérité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. variée (CVCVVV) and vérité (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: variée vs vérité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: variée is \va.ʁje\ while vérité is \ve.ʁi.te\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
variée is recorded at frequency rank #17,587, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.ʁje\. vérité is at rank #799, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ve.ʁi.te\.
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 18386, this pair ranks #378,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of variée vs vérité
Shared letters: irvé. Private to "variée": ae. Private to "vérité": t.
"variée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "vérité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "variée" for "vérité" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "variée" or "vérité" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "variée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vérité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "variée" and "vérité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "varia vs variée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #378,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.