Which to use
“violées” and “violés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,217
- “violées” frequency rank
- #36,651
- “violés” frequency rank
- 62868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violées | violés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de violer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de violer. |
Same sound, different letters: violées vs violés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. violées runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against violés's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - violées / violés
This is the hard kind. violées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violées is recorded at frequency rank #26,217, 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 62868, this pair ranks #84,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of violées vs violés
Shared letters: ilosvé. Private to "violées": e. Private to "violés": -.
"violées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "violés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violées" and "violés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "violées" vs "violés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "violées" / "violés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "violées" 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 #84,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violées" and "violés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violés vs virées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,836 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.