Which to use
“voyelle” and “voyelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,316
- “voyelle” frequency rank
- #20,892
- “voyelles” frequency rank
- 41208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyelle | voyelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Son de la voix produit par la vibration du larynx modifiée par l’ouverture plus ou moins grande de la bouche. | Pluriel de voyelle. |
Same sound, different letters: voyelle vs voyelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. voyelle runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against voyelles's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - voyelle and voyelles
This is the hard kind. voyelle and voyelles are pronounced identically (\vwa.jɛl\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “voyelle” sits inside “voyelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voyelle is recorded at frequency rank #20,316, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɛl\. voyelles is at rank #20,892, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɛl\.
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 41208, this pair ranks #234,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voyelle vs voyelles
Shared letters: elovy. Private to "voyelle": -. Private to "voyelles": s.
"voyelle" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "voyelles" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voyelle" and "voyelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "voyelle" or "voyelles"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "voyelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyelle" and "voyelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vielles vs voyelles". 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 #234,803 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.