vouéesvsvoûtéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“vouées” and “voûtée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,951
“vouées” frequency rank
#48,260
“voûtée” frequency rank
94211
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vouées voûtée
Definition Féminin pluriel de voué. Féminin singulier de voûté.

Where the eye mixes vouées and voûtée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vouées (CVVVVC) and voûtée (CVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
vouées
6 ch
voûtée

Visual trap between vouées and voûtée

A purely visual mix-up. vouées (\vwe\) and voûtée (\vu.te\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94211, 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\. voûtée is at rank #48,260, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vu.te\.

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 94211, this pair ranks #1,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vouées vs voûtée

Shared letters: eové. Private to "vouées": su. Private to "voûtée": tû.

"vouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC  ·  "voûtée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vouées" for "voûtée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vwe\ versus \vu.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vouées" vs "voûtée" - which ranks higher?
"vouées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,951 in our French list, against #48,260 for "voûtée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vouées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voûtée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vouées" and "voûtée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voûté vs voûtée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,783 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list