Which to use
“veillera” and “veillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,353
- “veillera” frequency rank
- #23,727
- “veillez” frequency rank
- 58080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veillera | veillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de veiller. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de veiller. |
Where the eye mixes veillera and veillez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. veillera runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against veillez's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses veillera with veillez
A purely visual mix-up. veillera (\vɛ.jə.ʁa\) and veillez (\ve.je\) 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 58080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veillera is recorded at frequency rank #34,353, classified as averb, pronounced \vɛ.jə.ʁa\. 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 58080, this pair ranks #111,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of veillera vs veillez
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "veillera": ar. Private to "veillez": z.
"veillera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "veillez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "veillera" for "veillez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "veillera" vs "veillez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "veillera" and "veillez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "veillera" 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 #111,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veillera" and "veillez" 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 #111,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.