Which to use
“veiller” and “veillera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,908
- “veiller” frequency rank
- #34,353
- “veillera” frequency rank
- 41261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veiller | veillera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’abstenir de dormir pendant le temps destiné au sommeil. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de veiller. |
Where the eye mixes veiller and veillera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. veiller runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against veillera's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between veiller and veillera
A purely visual mix-up. veiller (\vɛ.je\) and veillera (\vɛ.jə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “veiller” sits inside “veillera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veiller is recorded at frequency rank #6,908, classified as averb, pronounced \vɛ.je\. veillera is at rank #34,353, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɛ.jə.ʁa\.
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 41261, this pair ranks #234,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veiller vs veillera
Shared letters: eilrv. Private to "veiller": -. Private to "veillera": a.
"veiller" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "veillera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "veiller" and "veillera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "veiller" vs "veillera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "veiller" and "veillera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "veiller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veillera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veiller" and "veillera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillées vs veillera". 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 #234,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.