Which to use
“veillée” and “veilleur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,132
- “veillée” frequency rank
- #41,058
- “veilleur” frequency rank
- 63190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veillée | veilleur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Temps pendant lequel on veille, soirée. | Celui qui veille. |
Where the eye mixes veillée and veilleur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. veillée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against veilleur's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses veillée with veilleur
A purely visual mix-up. veillée (\ve.je\) and veilleur (\vɛ.jœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63190, 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\. veilleur is at rank #41,058, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɛ.jœʁ\.
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 63190, this pair ranks #83,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of veillée vs veilleur
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "veillée": é. Private to "veilleur": ru.
"veillée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "veilleur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- veilleur ← evilleur · veilelur · veileur · veilleru · veilleurr · veilluer · velileur · vielleur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "veillée" for "veilleur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "veillée" or "veilleur"?
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 "veillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veilleur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veillée" and "veilleur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillées vs veilleur". 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 #83,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.