Which to use
“volées” is an adjective and “volez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,591
- “volées” frequency rank
- #43,727
- “volez” frequency rank
- 61318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volées | volez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de volé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler. |
Same sound, different letters: volées vs volez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. volées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against volez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - volées and volez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: volées and volez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vɔ.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61318, 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\. volez is at rank #43,727, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.le\.
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 61318, this pair ranks #92,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of volées vs volez
Shared letters: elov. Private to "volées": sé. Private to "volez": z.
"volées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "volez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- volez ← ovlez · vloez · voelz · volezz · vollez · volze · vvolez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volées" for "volez" ever safe?
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What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "volées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volées" and "volez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez vs volez". 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 #92,908 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.