Which to use
“vous” is a pronoun and “voûté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37
- “vous” frequency rank
- #45,952
- “voûté” frequency rank
- 45989
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vous | voûté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pronom clitique ou tonique de la deuxième personne du pluriel sujet, lorsque l’interlocuteur s’adresse à plusieurs autres personnes. | Qui présente une voûte, qui est recourbé. |
Where the eye mixes vous and voûté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. vous runs 4 letters (CVVC) against voûté's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses vous with voûté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vous is \vu\ while voûté is \vu.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45989, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vous is recorded at frequency rank #37, classified as apron, pronounced \vu\. 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 45989, this pair ranks #198,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vous vs voûté
Shared letters: ov. Private to "vous": su. Private to "voûté": téû.
"vous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "voûté" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vous ← ovus · vosu · vouss · vuos · vvous
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vous" and "voûté" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vous" or "voûté"?
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 "vous" 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 #198,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vous" 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 #198,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.