Which to use
“volent” and “volez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,882
- “volent” frequency rank
- #43,727
- “volez” frequency rank
- 55609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volent | volez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler. |
Where the eye mixes volent and volez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. volent runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against volez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: volent vs volez
A purely visual mix-up. volent (\vɔl\) and volez (\vɔ.le\) 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 55609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volent is recorded at frequency rank #11,882, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔl\. 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 55609, this pair ranks #126,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of volent vs volez
Shared letters: elov. Private to "volent": nt. Private to "volez": z.
"volent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "volez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volent" for "volez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "volent" vs "volez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "volent" 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 #126,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volent" 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 #126,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.