Which to use
“voles” and “vôtres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,652
- “voles” frequency rank
- #18,369
- “vôtres” frequency rank
- 55021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voles | vôtres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de vole. | Ceux qui sont de votre pays, de votre parti, de votre compagnie. |
Where the eye mixes voles and vôtres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. voles runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against vôtres's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voles vs vôtres
A purely visual mix-up. voles (\vɔl\) and vôtres (\votʁ\) 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 55021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voles is recorded at frequency rank #36,652, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔl\. vôtres is at rank #18,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \votʁ\.
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 55021, this pair ranks #130,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voles vs vôtres
Shared letters: esv. Private to "voles": lo. Private to "vôtres": rtô.
"voles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "vôtres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voles ← ovles · vloes · voels · voless · volles · volse · vvoles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voles" and "vôtres" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "voles" or "vôtres"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "voles" and "vôtres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vôtres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voles" and "vôtres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voles vs Voss". 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 #130,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.