Which to use
“veillées” is an adjective and “veillez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,369
- “veillées” frequency rank
- #23,727
- “veillez” frequency rank
- 69096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veillées | veillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de veillé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de veiller. |
Same sound, different letters: veillées vs veillez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. veillées runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against veillez's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - veillées / veillez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: veillées and veillez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ve.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veillées is recorded at frequency rank #45,369, classified as anadj, 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 69096, this pair ranks #56,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of veillées vs veillez
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "veillées": sé. Private to "veillez": z.
"veillées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "veillez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- veillez ← evillez · veilelz · veilez · veillezz · veillze · velilez · viellez · vveillez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "veillées" and "veillez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "veillées" or "veillez"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "veillées" 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 #56,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veillées" and "veillez" 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 #56,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.