Which to use
“veillée” is a noun and “veiller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,132
- “veillée” frequency rank
- #6,908
- “veiller” frequency rank
- 29040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veillée | veiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Temps pendant lequel on veille, soirée. | S’abstenir de dormir pendant le temps destiné au sommeil. |
Where the eye mixes veillée and veiller
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. veillée (CVVCCVV) and veiller (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between veillée and veiller
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: veillée is \ve.je\ while veiller is \vɛ.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veillée is recorded at frequency rank #22,132, classified as anoun, pronounced \ve.je\. veiller is at rank #6,908, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɛ.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 29040, this pair ranks #319,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veillée vs veiller
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "veillée": é. Private to "veiller": r.
"veillée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "veiller" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- veiller ← eviller · veilelr · veiler · veillerr · veillre · veliler · vieller · vveiller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "veillée" and "veiller" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "veillée" vs "veiller" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "veillée" and "veiller" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "veillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veillée" and "veiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillée vs veillées". 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 #319,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.