Which to use
“voilées” and “voiliers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,366
- “voilées” frequency rank
- #24,438
- “voiliers” frequency rank
- 42804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilées | voiliers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voilé. | Masculin pluriel de voilier. |
Where the eye mixes voilées and voiliers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voilées runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against voiliers's 8 (CVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voilées with voiliers
A purely visual mix-up. voilées (\vwa.le\) and voiliers (\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 42804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voilées is recorded at frequency rank #18,366, classified as anadj, pronounced \vwa.le\. voiliers is at rank #24,438, 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 42804, this pair ranks #222,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voilées vs voiliers
Shared letters: eilosv. Private to "voilées": é. Private to "voiliers": r.
"voilées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "voiliers" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voiliers ← oviliers · violiers · voiilers · voileirs · voilierrs · voilierss · voiliesr · voilires
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voilées" and "voiliers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "voilées" vs "voiliers" - 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 "voilées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voiliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilées" and "voiliers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voiliers 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 #222,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.