Which to use
“violés” and “volez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,651
- “violés” frequency rank
- #43,727
- “volez” frequency rank
- 80378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violés | volez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de violer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler. |
Where the eye mixes violés and volez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. violés 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: violés vs volez
A purely visual mix-up. violés (\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 80378, 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\. 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 80378, this pair ranks #21,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of violés vs volez
Shared letters: lov. Private to "violés": isé. Private to "volez": ez.
"violés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "volez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- volez ← ovlez · vloez · voelz · volezz · vollez · volze · vvolez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "violés" for "volez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "violés" vs "volez" - which ranks higher?
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 "violés" 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 #21,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violés" 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 #21,093 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.