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.
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": lé. Private to "voyez": eyz.
"volé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "voyez" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voyez ← ovyez · voeyz · voyezz · voyyez · voyze · vvoyez · vyoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "volé" and "voyez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "volé" or "voyez"?
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.