VorlagevsvoyageTell them apart

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“Vorlage” and “voyage” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,011
“Vorlage” frequency rank
#41,567
“voyage” frequency rank
45578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vorlage voyage
Definition Hilfsmittel zur Erstellung ähnlicher Stücke (materiell oder informationstechnisch) eine längere Reise zu einem entfernten Ziel, insbesondere mit Schiff oder Flugzeug, auch ins Weltall: Fernreise, Auslandsreise, Seereise, Flugreise

Where the eye mixes Vorlage and voyage

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Vorlage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against voyage's 6 (CVVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Vorlage
6 ch
voyage

Look-alike desk: Vorlage vs voyage

A purely visual mix-up. Vorlage ([ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]) and voyage ([ˈvɔɪ.ɪdʒ]) 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 45578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vorlage is recorded at frequency rank #4,011, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]. voyage is at rank #41,567, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɔɪ.ɪdʒ].

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 45578, this pair ranks #1,348,288 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Vorlage vs voyage

Shared letters: aegov. Private to "Vorlage": lr. Private to "voyage": y.

"Vorlage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "voyage" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vorlage ← ovrlage · volrage · voralge · vorlaeg · vorlagge · vorlgae · vorllage · vorrlage
  • voyage ← ovyage · voayge · voyaeg · voyagge · voygae · voyyage · vvoyage · vyoage

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Vorlage" and "voyage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə] versus [ˈvɔɪ.ɪdʒ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Vorlage" vs "voyage" - which ranks higher?
"Vorlage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,011 in our German list, against #41,567 for "voyage". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Vorlage" and "voyage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vorlage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voyage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,348,288 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vorlage" and "voyage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vokale vs voyage". 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 #1,348,288 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list