Which to use
“vouées” and “voulus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,951
- “vouées” frequency rank
- #32,237
- “voulus” frequency rank
- 78188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouées | voulus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voué. | Masculin pluriel de voulu. |
Where the eye mixes vouées and voulus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vouées (CVVVVC) and voulus (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between vouées and voulus
A purely visual mix-up. vouées (\vwe\) and voulus (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78188, 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\. voulus is at rank #32,237, 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 78188, this pair ranks #26,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vouées vs voulus
Shared letters: osuv. Private to "vouées": eé. Private to "voulus": l.
"vouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "voulus" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voulus ← ovulus · voluus · voullus · voulsu · vouluss · vouuls · vuolus · vvoulus
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vouées" for "voulus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vouées" vs "voulus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "vouées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voulus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouées" and "voulus" 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 #26,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.