Which to use
“volées” and “vouées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,591
- “volées” frequency rank
- #45,951
- “vouées” frequency rank
- 63542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volées | vouées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de volé. | Féminin pluriel de voué. |
Where the eye mixes volées and vouées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. volées (CVCVVC) and vouées (CVVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses volées with vouées
A purely visual mix-up. volées (\vɔ.le\) and vouées (\vwe\) 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 a single letter - l in “volées” becomes u in “vouées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63542, 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\. vouées is at rank #45,951, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwe\.
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 63542, this pair ranks #81,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of volées vs vouées
Shared letters: eosvé. Private to "volées": l. Private to "vouées": u.
"volées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "vouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "volées" and "vouées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "volées" or "vouées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "volées" and "vouées" 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 "vouées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volées" and "vouées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées vs voûtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #81,463 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.