Which to use
“voilée” and “voilier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,267
- “voilée” frequency rank
- #17,845
- “voilier” frequency rank
- 34112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilée | voilier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voilé. | Bien ou mal muni de voiles. |
Where the eye mixes voilée and voilier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voilée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against voilier's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voilée vs voilier
A purely visual mix-up. voilée (\vwa.le\) and voilier (\vwa.lje\) 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 34112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voilée is recorded at frequency rank #16,267, classified as anadj, pronounced \vwa.le\. voilier is at rank #17,845, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwa.lje\.
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 34112, this pair ranks #286,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voilée vs voilier
Shared letters: eilov. Private to "voilée": é. Private to "voilier": r.
"voilée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "voilier" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voilier ← ovilier · violier · voiiler · voileir · voilierr · voilire · voillier · voliier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voilée" and "voilier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "voilée" vs "voilier" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "voilée" and "voilier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voilier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilée" and "voilier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voilier vs volière". 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 #286,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.