Which to use
“veuillent” and “veuillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,787
- “veuillent” frequency rank
- #4,390
- “veuillez” frequency rank
- 33177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veuillent | veuillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de vouloir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de vouloir. |
Where the eye mixes veuillent and veuillez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. veuillent runs 9 letters (CVVVCCVCC) against veuillez's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses veuillent with veuillez
A purely visual mix-up. veuillent (\vœj\) and veuillez (\vœ.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 33177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veuillent is recorded at frequency rank #28,787, classified as averb, pronounced \vœj\. veuillez is at rank #4,390, tagged as averb, pronounced \vœ.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 33177, this pair ranks #292,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veuillent vs veuillez
Shared letters: eiluv. Private to "veuillent": nt. Private to "veuillez": z.
"veuillent" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCC · "veuillez" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "veuillent" and "veuillez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "veuillent" vs "veuillez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "veuillent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veuillez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veuillent" and "veuillez" 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 #292,360 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.