Which to use
“violée” and “violés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,173
- “violée” frequency rank
- #36,651
- “violés” frequency rank
- 50824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violée | violés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de violer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de violer. |
Same sound, different letters: violée vs violés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. violée (CVVCVV) and violés (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: violée vs violés
This is the hard kind. violée and violés 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 a single letter - e in “violée” becomes s in “violés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50824, 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\. 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 50824, this pair ranks #159,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violée vs violés
Shared letters: ilové. Private to "violée": e. Private to "violés": s.
"violée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "violés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violée" and "violés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "violée" or "violés"?
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 "violée" 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 #159,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violée" and "violés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violés vs virées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #159,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.