veuillesvsveuillezConfusable pair

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.

8 ch
veuilles
8 ch
veuillez

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

  • veuilles ← evuilles · veiulles · veuilels · veuiles · veuilless · veuillse · veuliles · vueilles
  • veuillez ← evuillez · veiullez · veuilelz · veuilez · veuillezz · veuillze · veulilez · vueillez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "veuilles" and "veuillez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vœj\ versus \vœ.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "veuilles" or "veuillez"?
"veuillez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,390 in our French list, against #26,575 for "veuilles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list