Which to use
“volez” and “votée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,727
- “volez” frequency rank
- #12,885
- “votée” frequency rank
- 56612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volez | votée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler. | Participe passé féminin singulier de voter. |
Where the eye mixes volez and votée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. volez (CVCVC) and votée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: volez vs votée
A purely visual mix-up. volez (\vɔ.le\) and votée (\vɔ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volez is recorded at frequency rank #43,727, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔ.le\. votée is at rank #12,885, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\.
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 56612, this pair ranks #119,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of volez vs votée
Shared letters: eov. Private to "volez": lz. Private to "votée": té.
"volez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "votée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- volez ← ovlez · vloez · voelz · volezz · vollez · volze · vvolez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "volez" and "votée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "volez" vs "votée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "volez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volez" and "votée" 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 #119,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.