Which to use
“violées” is a verb and “voilées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,217
- “violées” frequency rank
- #18,366
- “voilées” frequency rank
- 44583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violées | voilées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de violer. | Féminin pluriel de voilé. |
Where the eye mixes violées and voilées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. violées and voilées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between violées and voilées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violées is \vjɔ.le\ while voilées is \vwa.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (io ↔ oi) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44583, 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\. voilées is at rank #18,366, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwa.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 44583, this pair ranks #209,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violées vs voilées
Shared letters: eilosvé. Private to "violées": -. Private to "voilées": -.
"violées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "voilées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "violées" and "voilées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "violées" or "voilées"?
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 "violées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voilées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violées" and "voilées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violées vs virées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #209,376 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.