Which to use
“vouées” is an adjective and “vous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,951
- “vouées” frequency rank
- #37
- “vous” frequency rank
- 45988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouées | vous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voué. | Pronom clitique ou tonique de la deuxième personne du pluriel sujet, lorsque l’interlocuteur s’adresse à plusieurs autres personnes. |
Where the eye mixes vouées and vous
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vouées runs 6 letters (CVVVVC) against vous's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vouées vs vous
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vouées is \vwe\ while vous is \vu\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45988, 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\. vous is at rank #37, tagged as apron, pronounced \vu\.
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 45988, this pair ranks #198,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vouées vs vous
Shared letters: osuv. Private to "vouées": eé. Private to "vous": -.
"vouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "vous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vous ← ovus · vosu · vouss · vuos · vvous
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vouées" for "vous" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vouées" or "vous"?
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 "vous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouées" and "vous" 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 #198,517 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.