Which to use
“vouée” is an adjective and “vouer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,502
- “vouée” frequency rank
- #43,728
- “vouer” frequency rank
- 65230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouée | vouer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voué. | Promettre par vœu. |
Same sound, different letters: vouée vs vouer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. vouée (CVVVV) and vouer (CVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - vouée and vouer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: vouée and vouer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vwe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65230, 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\. vouer is at rank #43,728, tagged as averb, 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 65230, this pair ranks #73,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vouée vs vouer
Shared letters: eouv. Private to "vouée": é. Private to "vouer": r.
"vouée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "vouer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vouer ← ovuer · voeur · vouerr · voure · vuoer · vvouer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vouée" and "vouer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vouée" vs "vouer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"vouée" and "vouer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "vouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vouer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouée" and "vouer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouer 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 #73,262 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.