Which to use
“voiler” is a verb and “voles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,812
- “voiler” frequency rank
- #36,652
- “voles” frequency rank
- 58464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voiler | voles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couvrir d’un voile. | Pluriel de vole. |
Where the eye mixes voiler and voles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. voiler runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against voles's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voiler vs voles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voiler is \vwa.le\ while voles is \vɔl\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voiler is recorded at frequency rank #21,812, classified as averb, pronounced \vwa.le\. voles is at rank #36,652, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔl\.
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 58464, this pair ranks #108,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voiler vs voles
Shared letters: elov. Private to "voiler": ir. Private to "voles": s.
"voiler" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "voles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voiler" and "voles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "voiler" vs "voles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "voiler" and "voles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voiler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voiler" and "voles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voles vs Voss". 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 #108,930 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.