Which to use
“voudrez” and “voulez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,095
- “voudrez” frequency rank
- #1,082
- “voulez” frequency rank
- 19177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voudrez | voulez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de vouloir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe vouloir. |
Where the eye mixes voudrez and voulez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voudrez runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against voulez's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voudrez vs voulez
A purely visual mix-up. voudrez (\vu.dʁe\) and voulez (\vu.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 19177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voudrez is recorded at frequency rank #18,095, classified as averb, pronounced \vu.dʁe\. voulez is at rank #1,082, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu.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 19177, this pair ranks #374,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voudrez vs voulez
Shared letters: eouvz. Private to "voudrez": dr. Private to "voulez": l.
"voudrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "voulez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voudrez" and "voulez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "voudrez" vs "voulez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "voudrez" and "voulez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voudrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voulez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voudrez" and "voulez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voulez vs voûtée". 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 #374,582 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.