Which to use
“veillée” and “vrille” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,132
- “veillée” frequency rank
- #24,077
- “vrille” frequency rank
- 46209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veillée | vrille |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Temps pendant lequel on veille, soirée. | Pousse filiforme, en spirale avec laquelle la vigne et d’autres plantes grimpantes s’attachent aux corps qui sont près d’elles. |
Where the eye mixes veillée and vrille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. veillée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against vrille's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between veillée and vrille
A purely visual mix-up. veillée (\ve.je\) and vrille (\vʁij\) 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 46209, 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\. vrille is at rank #24,077, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vʁij\.
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 46209, this pair ranks #196,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veillée vs vrille
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "veillée": é. Private to "vrille": r.
"veillée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "vrille" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vrille ← rville · virlle · vrile · vrilel · vrlile · vrrille · vvrille
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "veillée" and "vrille" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "veillée" vs "vrille" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "veillée" and "vrille" 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 "vrille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veillée" and "vrille" 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 #196,748 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.