Which to use
“volée” and “voleuse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,055
- “volée” frequency rank
- #31,296
- “voleuse” frequency rank
- 39351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volée | voleuse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de voler, vol, envol, en parlant des oiseaux et de certains animaux comme les insectes. | Celle qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s'approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait. |
Where the eye mixes volée and voleuse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. volée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against voleuse's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: volée vs voleuse
A purely visual mix-up. volée (\vɔ.le\) and voleuse (\vɔ.løz\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volée is recorded at frequency rank #8,055, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.le\. voleuse is at rank #31,296, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.løz\.
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 39351, this pair ranks #248,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of volée vs voleuse
Shared letters: elov. Private to "volée": é. Private to "voleuse": su.
"volée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "voleuse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- voleuse ← ovleuse · vloeuse · voeluse · volesue · voleues · voleusse · volleuse · voluese
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volée" for "voleuse" ever safe?
Frequency check: "volée" vs "voleuse" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "volée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voleuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volée" and "voleuse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voles vs voleuse". 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 #248,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.