Which to use
“volées” and “voulues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,591
- “volées” frequency rank
- #41,070
- “voulues” frequency rank
- 58661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volées | voulues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de volé. | Féminin pluriel de voulu. |
Where the eye mixes volées and voulues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. volées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against voulues's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: volées vs voulues
A purely visual mix-up. volées (\vɔ.le\) and voulues (\vu.ly\) 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 58661, 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\. voulues is at rank #41,070, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vu.ly\.
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 58661, this pair ranks #107,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of volées vs voulues
Shared letters: elosv. Private to "volées": é. Private to "voulues": u.
"volées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voulues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voulues ← ovulues · voluues · vouleus · voullues · vouluess · vouluse · vouules · vuolues
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "volées" and "voulues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "volées" or "voulues" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "volées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voulues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volées" and "voulues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées vs voulues". 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 #107,710 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.