Which to use
“vieilles” and “vieillis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,391
- “vieilles” frequency rank
- #34,802
- “vieillis” frequency rank
- 39193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vieilles | vieillis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de vieux. | Masculin pluriel de vieilli. |
Where the eye mixes vieilles and vieillis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. vieilles and vieillis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: vieilles vs vieillis
A purely visual mix-up. vieilles (\vjɛj\) and vieillis (\vje.ji\) 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 - e in “vieilles” becomes i in “vieillis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vieilles is recorded at frequency rank #4,391, classified as anadj, pronounced \vjɛj\. vieillis is at rank #34,802, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vje.ji\.
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 39193, this pair ranks #249,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vieilles vs vieillis
Shared letters: eilsv. Private to "vieilles": -. Private to "vieillis": -.
"vieilles" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "vieillis" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vieilles" and "vieillis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vieilles" or "vieillis" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "vieilles" and "vieillis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vieilles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vieillis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vieilles" and "vieillis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vieillis vs vieillot". 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 #249,790 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.