Which to use
“voulez” and “vouliez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,082
- “voulez” frequency rank
- #18,368
- “vouliez” frequency rank
- 19450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voulez | vouliez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe vouloir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de vouloir. |
Where the eye mixes voulez and vouliez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voulez runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against vouliez's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voulez vs vouliez
A purely visual mix-up. voulez (\vu.le\) and vouliez (\vu.lje\) 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 19450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voulez is recorded at frequency rank #1,082, classified as averb, pronounced \vu.le\. vouliez is at rank #18,368, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu.lje\.
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 19450, this pair ranks #373,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voulez vs vouliez
Shared letters: elouvz. Private to "voulez": -. Private to "vouliez": i.
"voulez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "vouliez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voulez" for "vouliez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "voulez" or "vouliez"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "voulez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vouliez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voulez" and "vouliez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volez vs vouliez". 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 #373,209 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.