Which to use
“veuilles” and “veuillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,575
- “veuilles” frequency rank
- #4,390
- “veuillez” frequency rank
- 30965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veuilles | veuillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de vouloir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de vouloir. |
Where the eye mixes veuilles and veuillez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. veuilles and veuillez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between veuilles and veuillez
A purely visual mix-up. veuilles (\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 a single letter - s in “veuilles” becomes z in “veuillez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veuilles is recorded at frequency rank #26,575, 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 30965, this pair ranks #306,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veuilles vs veuillez
Shared letters: eiluv. Private to "veuilles": s. Private to "veuillez": z.
"veuilles" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "veuillez" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "veuilles" and "veuillez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "veuilles" or "veuillez"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "veuilles" and "veuillez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "veuilles" 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 #306,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veuilles" and "veuillez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillées vs veuilles". 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 #306,870 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.