Which to use
“volées” and “voleurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,591
- “volées” frequency rank
- #7,771
- “voleurs” frequency rank
- 25362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volées | voleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de volé. | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif voleur. |
Where the eye mixes volées and voleurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. volées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against voleurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between volées and voleurs
A purely visual mix-up. volées (\vɔ.le\) and voleurs (\vɔ.lœʁ\) 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 25362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volées is recorded at frequency rank #17,591, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɔ.le\. voleurs is at rank #7,771, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɔ.lœʁ\.
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 25362, this pair ranks #341,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of volées vs voleurs
Shared letters: elosv. Private to "volées": é. Private to "voleurs": ru.
"volées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voleurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voleurs ← ovleurs · vloeurs · voelurs · volerus · voleurrs · voleurss · voleusr · volleurs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "volées" and "voleurs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "volées" or "voleurs"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "volées" and "voleurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "volées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voleurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volées" and "voleurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs volées". 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 #341,311 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.