Which to use
“veuille” and “veuillent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,916
- “veuille” frequency rank
- #28,787
- “veuillent” frequency rank
- 36703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veuille | veuillent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de vouloir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de vouloir. |
Same sound, different letters: veuille vs veuillent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. veuille runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against veuillent's 9 (CVVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - veuille and veuillent
This is the hard kind. veuille and veuillent are pronounced identically (\vœj\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “veuille” sits inside “veuillent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veuille is recorded at frequency rank #7,916, classified as averb, pronounced \vœj\. 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 36703, this pair ranks #267,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veuille vs veuillent
Shared letters: eiluv. Private to "veuille": -. Private to "veuillent": nt.
"veuille" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "veuillent" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "veuille" and "veuillent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "veuille" or "veuillent"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "veuille" 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 #267,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veuille" and "veuillent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillant vs veuillent". 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 #267,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.