volévsvoyezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“volé” and “voyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,632
“volé” frequency rank
#1,981
“voyez” frequency rank
6613
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature volé voyez
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de voler. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de voir.

Where the eye mixes volé and voyez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
volé
5 ch
voyez

Look-alike desk: volé vs voyez

A purely visual mix-up. volé (\vɔ.le\) and voyez (\vwa.je\) 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 6613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

volé is recorded at frequency rank #4,632, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔ.le\. voyez is at rank #1,981, tagged as averb, pronounced \vwa.je\.

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 6613, this pair ranks #425,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of volé vs voyez

Shared letters: ov. Private to "volé": . Private to "voyez": eyz.

"volé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "voyez" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voyezovyez · voeyz · voyezz · voyyez · voyze · vvoyez · vyoez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "volé" and "voyez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vɔ.le\ versus \vwa.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "volé" or "voyez"?
"voyez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,981 in our French list, against #4,632 for "volé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "volé" and "voyez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "volé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #425,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "volé" and "voyez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volé vs voy". 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 #425,747 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list