Which to use
“voilée” is an adjective and “vrille” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,267
- “voilée” frequency rank
- #24,077
- “vrille” frequency rank
- 40344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilée | vrille |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voilé. | Pousse filiforme, en spirale avec laquelle la vigne et d’autres plantes grimpantes s’attachent aux corps qui sont près d’elles. |
Where the eye mixes voilée and vrille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. voilée (CVVCVV) and vrille (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: voilée vs vrille
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voilée is \vwa.le\ while vrille is \vʁij\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40344, 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\. vrille is at rank #24,077, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vʁij\.
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 40344, this pair ranks #241,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voilée vs vrille
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "voilée": oé. Private to "vrille": r.
"voilée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "vrille" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vrille ← rville · virlle · vrile · vrilel · vrlile · vrrille · vvrille
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voilée" and "vrille" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "voilée" or "vrille" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "vrille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilée" and "vrille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voilée 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 #241,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.