Which to use
“voulue” and “voulus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,177
- “voulue” frequency rank
- #32,237
- “voulus” frequency rank
- 46414
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voulue | voulus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voulu. | Masculin pluriel de voulu. |
Same sound, different letters: voulue vs voulus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. voulue (CVVCVV) and voulus (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - voulue and voulus
This is the hard kind. voulue and voulus are pronounced identically (\vu.ly\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “voulue” becomes s in “voulus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voulue is recorded at frequency rank #14,177, classified as anadj, pronounced \vu.ly\. 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 46414, this pair ranks #195,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voulue vs voulus
Shared letters: louv. Private to "voulue": e. Private to "voulus": s.
"voulue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "voulus" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voulue" for "voulus" ever safe?
Which is more common, "voulue" or "voulus"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "voulue" 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 #195,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voulue" and "voulus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées vs voulus". 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 #195,134 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.