Which to use
“vouer” is a verb and “voués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,728
- “vouer” frequency rank
- #32,638
- “voués” frequency rank
- 76366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouer | voués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Promettre par vœu. | Masculin pluriel de voué. |
Same sound, different letters: vouer vs voués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. vouer and voués follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - vouer and voués
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: vouer and voués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vwe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vouer is recorded at frequency rank #43,728, classified as averb, 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 76366, this pair ranks #31,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vouer vs voués
Shared letters: ouv. Private to "vouer": er. Private to "voués": sé.
"vouer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "voués" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vouer ← ovuer · voeur · vouerr · voure · vuoer · vvouer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vouer" and "voués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vouer" or "voués" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "vouer" 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 #31,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouer" and "voués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouer 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 #31,356 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.