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“voudrez” and “vouliez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,095
“voudrez” frequency rank
#18,368
“vouliez” frequency rank
36463
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voudrez vouliez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de vouloir. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de vouloir.

Where the eye mixes voudrez and vouliez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voudrez (CVVCCVC) and vouliez (CVVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
voudrez
7 ch
vouliez

Look-alike desk: voudrez vs vouliez

A purely visual mix-up. voudrez (\vu.dʁe\) and vouliez (\vu.lje\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36463, 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\. vouliez is at rank #18,368, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu.lje\.

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 36463, this pair ranks #269,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voudrez vs vouliez

Shared letters: eouvz. Private to "voudrez": dr. Private to "vouliez": il.

"voudrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "vouliez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voudrez ← ovudrez · vodurez · vouddrez · vouderz · voudrezz · voudrrez · voudrze · vourdez
  • vouliez ← ovuliez · voluiez · vouilez · vouleiz · vouliezz · voulize · voulliez · vuoliez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "voudrez" and "vouliez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vu.dʁe\ versus \vu.lje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "voudrez" vs "vouliez" - which ranks higher?
"voudrez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,095 in our French list, against #18,368 for "vouliez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "voudrez" and "vouliez" 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 "vouliez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #269,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voudrez" and "vouliez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volez vs vouliez". 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 #269,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list