Which to use
“veillée” is a noun and “veillez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,132
- “veillée” frequency rank
- #23,727
- “veillez” frequency rank
- 45859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veillée | veillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Temps pendant lequel on veille, soirée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de veiller. |
Same sound, different letters: veillée vs veillez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. veillée (CVVCCVV) and veillez (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - veillée and veillez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: veillée and veillez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ve.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45859, 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\. veillez is at rank #23,727, tagged as averb, pronounced \ve.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 45859, this pair ranks #199,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veillée vs veillez
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "veillée": é. Private to "veillez": z.
"veillée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "veillez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- veillez ← evillez · veilelz · veilez · veillezz · veillze · velilez · viellez · vveillez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "veillée" for "veillez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "veillée" or "veillez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "veillée" / "veillez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "veillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veillez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veillée" and "veillez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillées vs veillez". 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 #199,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.