Which to use
“voilier” is an adjective and “volière” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,845
- “voilier” frequency rank
- #49,428
- “volière” frequency rank
- 67273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilier | volière |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bien ou mal muni de voiles. | Sorte de grande cage où l’on nourrit des oiseaux pour son plaisir. |
Where the eye mixes voilier and volière
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voilier (CVVCVVC) and volière (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between voilier and volière
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voilier is \vwa.lje\ while volière is \vɔ.ljɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 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 67273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voilier is recorded at frequency rank #17,845, classified as anadj, pronounced \vwa.lje\. volière is at rank #49,428, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.ljɛʁ\.
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 67273, this pair ranks #64,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voilier vs volière
Shared letters: eilorv. Private to "voilier": -. Private to "volière": è.
"voilier" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "volière" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- voilier ← ovilier · violier · voiiler · voileir · voilierr · voilire · voillier · voliier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voilier" for "volière" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voilier" vs "volière" - 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 "voilier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volière" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilier" and "volière" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visière 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 #64,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.