Which to use
“vieilli” and “vieillis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,536
- “vieilli” frequency rank
- #34,802
- “vieillis” frequency rank
- 50338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vieilli | vieillis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a pris un coup de vieux. | Masculin pluriel de vieilli. |
Same sound, different letters: vieilli vs vieillis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. vieilli runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against vieillis's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - vieilli and vieillis
This is the hard kind. vieilli and vieillis are pronounced identically (\vje.ji\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vieilli” sits inside “vieillis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vieilli is recorded at frequency rank #15,536, classified as anadj, pronounced \vje.ji\. 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 50338, this pair ranks #163,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vieilli vs vieillis
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "vieilli": -. Private to "vieillis": s.
"vieilli" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "vieillis" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vieilli" for "vieillis" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vieilli" or "vieillis"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "vieilli" 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 #163,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vieilli" 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 #163,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.