Which to use
“vouées” and “voués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,951
- “vouées” frequency rank
- #32,638
- “voués” frequency rank
- 78589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouées | voués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voué. | Masculin pluriel de voué. |
Same sound, different letters: vouées vs voués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. vouées runs 6 letters (CVVVVC) against voués's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - vouées and voués
This is the hard kind. vouées and voués 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vouées is recorded at frequency rank #45,951, classified as anadj, pronounced \vwe\. voués is at rank #32,638, 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 78589, this pair ranks #25,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vouées vs voués
Shared letters: osuvé. Private to "vouées": e. Private to "voués": -.
"vouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "voués" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vouées" for "voués" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vouées" vs "voués" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"vouées" and "voués" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "vouées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouées" and "voués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées vs voûtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,353 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.