Which to use
“voilée” and “voûtée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,267
- “voilée” frequency rank
- #48,260
- “voûtée” frequency rank
- 64527
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilée | voûtée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voilé. | Féminin singulier de voûté. |
Where the eye mixes voilée and voûtée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. voilée and voûtée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between voilée and voûtée
A purely visual mix-up. voilée (\vwa.le\) and voûtée (\vu.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64527, 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\. voûtée is at rank #48,260, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vu.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 64527, this pair ranks #76,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voilée vs voûtée
Shared letters: eové. Private to "voilée": il. Private to "voûtée": tû.
"voilée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "voûtée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voilée" for "voûtée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "voilée" or "voûtée" show up more?
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 "voilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voûtée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilée" and "voûtée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voûté vs voûtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #76,629 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.