Which to use
“veux” is a verb and “voeux” is a typographic variant - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #206
- “veux” frequency rank
- #10,969
- “voeux” frequency rank
- 11175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veux | voeux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de vouloir. | Orthographe par contrainte typographique de vœux. |
Same sound, different letters: veux vs voeux
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. veux runs 4 letters (CVVC) against voeux's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - veux / voeux
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: veux and voeux carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vø\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other atypographic variant, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veux is recorded at frequency rank #206, classified as averb, pronounced \vø\. voeux is at rank #10,969, tagged as atypographic variant, pronounced [vø].
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 11175, this pair ranks #410,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of veux vs voeux
Shared letters: euvx. Private to "veux": -. Private to "voeux": o.
"veux" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "voeux" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "veux" for "voeux" ever safe?
Which is more common, "veux" or "voeux"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "veux" / "voeux". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "veux" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voeux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veux" and "voeux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voeux vs voui". 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 #410,177 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.