Which to use
“voulues” and “voulus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,070
- “voulues” frequency rank
- #32,237
- “voulus” frequency rank
- 73307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voulues | voulus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voulu. | Masculin pluriel de voulu. |
Same sound, different letters: voulues vs voulus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - voulues / voulus
This is the hard kind. voulues 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voulues is recorded at frequency rank #41,070, 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 73307, this pair ranks #40,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voulues vs voulus
Shared letters: losuv. Private to "voulues": e. Private to "voulus": -.
"voulues" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "voulus" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voulues" and "voulus" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "voulues" or "voulus"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "voulues" / "voulus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "voulues" 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 #40,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voulues" and "voulus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vouées vs voulues". 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 #40,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.