violésvsviréesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: violés is a verb, virées is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“violés” is a verb and “virées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,651
“violés” frequency rank
#48,258
“virées” frequency rank
84909
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violés virées
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de violer. Pluriel de virée.

Where the eye mixes violés and virées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. violés (CVVCVC) and virées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
violés
6 ch
virées

Look-alike desk: violés vs virées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violés is \vjɔ.le\ while virées is \vi.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

violés is recorded at frequency rank #36,651, classified as averb, pronounced \vjɔ.le\. virées is at rank #48,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁe\.

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 84909, this pair ranks #12,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of violés vs virées

Shared letters: isvé. Private to "violés": lo. Private to "virées": er.

"violés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "violés" and "virées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "violés" is a verb and "virées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "violés" or "virées"?
"violés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,651 in our French list, against #48,258 for "virées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "violés" and "virées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "violés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "virées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violés" and "virées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs vouées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #12,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list