viréevsvotéeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#16,773
“virée” frequency rank
#12,885
“votée” frequency rank
29658
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature virée votée
Definition Sortie dans un but de promenade ou d’amusement. Participe passé féminin singulier de voter.

Where the eye mixes virée and votée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
virée
5 ch
votée

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: virée is \vi.ʁe\ while votée is \vɔ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

virée is recorded at frequency rank #16,773, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁe\. votée is at rank #12,885, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\.

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 29658, this pair ranks #315,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of virée vs votée

Shared letters: evé. Private to "virée": ir. Private to "votée": ot.

"virée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "votée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "virée" and "votée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "virée" is a noun and "votée" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "virée" or "votée"?
"votée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,885 in our French list, against #16,773 for "virée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list