Which to use
“violée” and “violées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,173
- “violée” frequency rank
- #26,217
- “violées” frequency rank
- 40390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violée | violées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de violer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de violer. |
Same sound, different letters: violée vs violées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. violée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against violées's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - violée and violées
This is the hard kind. violée and violées are pronounced identically (\vjɔ.le\) and both work as averb. 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) - “violée” sits inside “violées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violée is recorded at frequency rank #14,173, classified as averb, pronounced \vjɔ.le\. violées is at rank #26,217, 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 40390, this pair ranks #240,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violée vs violées
Shared letters: eilové. Private to "violée": -. Private to "violées": s.
"violée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "violées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violée" and "violées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "violée" or "violées"?
After this comparison
"violée" and "violées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "violée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violée" and "violées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violées vs virées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #240,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.