Which to use
“Viola” is a name and “violés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,216
- “Viola” frequency rank
- #36,651
- “violés” frequency rank
- 62867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Viola | violés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commune d’Italie de la province de Coni dans la région du Piémont. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de violer. |
Where the eye mixes Viola and violés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Viola runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against violés's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses Viola with violés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Viola is \vjɔ.la\ while violés is \vjɔ.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Viola is recorded at frequency rank #26,216, classified as aname, pronounced \vjɔ.la\. violés is at rank #36,651, tagged as averb, pronounced \vjɔ.le\.
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 62867, this pair ranks #84,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Viola vs violés
Shared letters: ilov. Private to "Viola": a. Private to "violés": sé.
"Viola" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "violés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Viola ← ivola · viloa · vioal · violla · voila · vviola
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Viola" for "violés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Viola" or "violés"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Viola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Viola" and "violés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violés vs virées". 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 #84,842 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.