Which to use
“violer” and “volez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,918
- “violer” frequency rank
- #43,727
- “volez” frequency rank
- 51645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violer | volez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfreindre, porter atteinte à, attenter à. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler. |
Where the eye mixes violer and volez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. violer runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against volez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: violer vs volez
A purely visual mix-up. violer (\vjɔ.le\) and volez (\vɔ.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violer is recorded at frequency rank #7,918, classified as averb, pronounced \vjɔ.le\. volez is at rank #43,727, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.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 51645, this pair ranks #153,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violer vs volez
Shared letters: elov. Private to "violer": ir. Private to "volez": z.
"violer" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "volez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violer" and "volez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "violer" or "volez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "violer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violer" and "volez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez 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 #153,489 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.