Which to use
“voilée” is an adjective and “volte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,267
- “voilée” frequency rank
- #27,292
- “volte” frequency rank
- 43559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilée | volte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voilé. | Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale. |
Where the eye mixes voilée and volte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. voilée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against volte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voilée vs volte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voilée is \vwa.le\ while volte is \vɔlt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43559, 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\. volte is at rank #27,292, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔlt\.
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 43559, this pair ranks #217,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voilée vs volte
Shared letters: elov. Private to "voilée": ié. Private to "volte": t.
"voilée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "volte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- volte ← ovlte · vlote · vollte · voltte · votle · vvolte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voilée" and "volte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "voilée" vs "volte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "voilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilée" and "volte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volte vs voûtée". 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 #217,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.