Which to use
“violée” is a verb and “violent” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,173
- “violée” frequency rank
- #3,970
- “violent” frequency rank
- 18143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violée | violent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de violer. | Qui est impétueux, qui agit avec impétuosité, avec une force non contenue, en parlant des évènements, des choses ou des personnes et de leurs actes. |
Where the eye mixes violée and violent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. violée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against violent's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between violée and violent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violée is \vjɔ.le\ while violent is \vjɔ.lɑ̃\. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18143, 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\. violent is at rank #3,970, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vjɔ.lɑ̃\.
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 18143, this pair ranks #379,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of violée vs violent
Shared letters: eilov. Private to "violée": é. Private to "violent": nt.
"violée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "violent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- violent ← ivolent · viloent · vioelnt · violennt · violentt · violetn · viollent · violnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "violée" for "violent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "violée" vs "violent" - which ranks higher?
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 "violée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violée" and "violent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violée vs volez". 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 #379,778 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.