Which to use
“volée” is a noun and “votez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,055
- “volée” frequency rank
- #13,939
- “votez” frequency rank
- 21994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volée | votez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de voler, vol, envol, en parlant des oiseaux et de certains animaux comme les insectes. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter. |
Where the eye mixes volée and votez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. volée (CVCVV) and votez (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between volée and votez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: volée is \vɔ.le\ while votez is \vɔ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21994, 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\. votez is at rank #13,939, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\.
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 21994, this pair ranks #360,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of volée vs votez
Shared letters: eov. Private to "volée": lé. Private to "votez": tz.
"volée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "votez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- votez ← ovtez · voetz · votezz · vottez · votze · vtoez · vvotez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volée" for "votez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "volée" vs "votez" - 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 "votez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volée" and "votez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votez vs voûtée". 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 #360,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.