Which to use
“voilées” and “voulues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,366
- “voilées” frequency rank
- #41,070
- “voulues” frequency rank
- 59436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilées | voulues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voilé. | Féminin pluriel de voulu. |
Where the eye mixes voilées and voulues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voilées and voulues follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: voilées vs voulues
A purely visual mix-up. voilées (\vwa.le\) and voulues (\vu.ly\) 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 59436, 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\. voulues is at rank #41,070, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vu.ly\.
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 59436, this pair ranks #103,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voilées vs voulues
Shared letters: elosv. Private to "voilées": ié. Private to "voulues": u.
"voilées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "voulues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voulues ← ovulues · voluues · vouleus · voullues · vouluess · vouluse · vouules · vuolues
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voilées" and "voulues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "voilées" vs "voulues" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "voulues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilées" and "voulues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées vs voulues". 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 #103,145 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.