Which to use
“vouée” and “vouées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,502
- “vouée” frequency rank
- #45,951
- “vouées” frequency rank
- 67453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouée | vouées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voué. | Féminin pluriel de voué. |
Same sound, different letters: vouée vs vouées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. vouée runs 5 letters (CVVVV) against vouées's 6 (CVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - vouée and vouées
This is the hard kind. vouée and vouées are pronounced identically (\vwe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vouée” sits inside “vouées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vouée is recorded at frequency rank #21,502, classified as anadj, pronounced \vwe\. vouées is at rank #45,951, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwe\.
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 67453, this pair ranks #63,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vouée vs vouées
Shared letters: eouvé. Private to "vouée": -. Private to "vouées": s.
"vouée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "vouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vouée" and "vouées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vouée" or "vouées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "vouée" / "vouées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vouées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouée" and "vouées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées vs voûtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,403 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.