Which to use
“volontés” is a noun and “volontiers” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,775
- “volontés” frequency rank
- #6,910
- “volontiers” frequency rank
- 23685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volontés | volontiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de volonté. | De bonne volonté ; de bon gré ; de bon cœur. |
Where the eye mixes volontés and volontiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. volontés runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against volontiers's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses volontés with volontiers
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: volontés is \vɔ.lɔ̃.te\ while volontiers is \vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volontés is recorded at frequency rank #16,775, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.lɔ̃.te\. volontiers is at rank #6,910, tagged as anadv, pronounced \vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\.
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 23685, this pair ranks #351,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of volontés vs volontiers
Shared letters: lnostv. Private to "volontés": é. Private to "volontiers": eir.
"volontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "volontiers" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- volontiers ← ovlontiers · vloontiers · vollontiers · volnotiers · voloniters · volonntiers · volonteirs · volontierrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volontés" for "volontiers" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "volontés" or "volontiers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "volontés" and "volontiers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "volontés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volontiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volontés" and "volontiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volontés vs volutes". 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 #351,027 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.