Which to use
“vouées” and “voulues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,951
- “vouées” frequency rank
- #41,070
- “voulues” frequency rank
- 87021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouées | voulues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voué. | Féminin pluriel de voulu. |
Where the eye mixes vouées and voulues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vouées runs 6 letters (CVVVVC) against voulues's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses vouées with voulues
A purely visual mix-up. vouées (\vwe\) and voulues (\vu.ly\) 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 87021, 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\. voulues is at rank #41,070, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vu.ly\.
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 87021, this pair ranks #8,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vouées vs voulues
Shared letters: eosuv. Private to "vouées": é. Private to "voulues": l.
"vouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "voulues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voulues ← ovulues · voluues · vouleus · voullues · vouluess · vouluse · vouules · vuolues
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vouées" for "voulues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vouées" or "voulues"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vouées" and "voulues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vouées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voulues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouées" and "voulues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées 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 #8,872 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.