Which to use
“veillent” and “veuillent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,572
- “veillent” frequency rank
- #28,787
- “veuillent” frequency rank
- 55359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veillent | veuillent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de veiller. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de vouloir. |
Where the eye mixes veillent and veuillent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. veillent runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against veuillent's 9 (CVVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between veillent and veuillent
A purely visual mix-up. veillent (\vɛj\) and veuillent (\vœj\) 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 55359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veillent is recorded at frequency rank #26,572, classified as averb, pronounced \vɛj\. veuillent is at rank #28,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \vœj\.
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 55359, this pair ranks #127,958 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veillent vs veuillent
Shared letters: eilntv. Private to "veillent": -. Private to "veuillent": u.
"veillent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "veuillent" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "veillent" and "veuillent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "veillent" or "veuillent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "veillent" and "veuillent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "veillent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veuillent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,958 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veillent" and "veuillent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillait vs veillent". 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 #127,958 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.