Which to use
“voulue” and “voûté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,177
- “voulue” frequency rank
- #45,952
- “voûté” frequency rank
- 60129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voulue | voûté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voulu. | Qui présente une voûte, qui est recourbé. |
Where the eye mixes voulue and voûté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. voulue runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against voûté's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voulue vs voûté
A purely visual mix-up. voulue (\vu.ly\) and voûté (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60129, 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\. voûté is at rank #45,952, 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 60129, this pair ranks #99,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voulue vs voûté
Shared letters: ov. Private to "voulue": elu. Private to "voûté": téû.
"voulue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "voûté" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- voulue ← ovulue · voluue · vouleu · voullue · vouule · vuolue · vvoulue
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voulue" and "voûté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "voulue" or "voûté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "voulue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voûté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voulue" and "voûté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voûté 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 #99,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.