voies

\vwa\

/\vwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“voies” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,398
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de voie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voies · voies · French

voies · rank #2,398 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,398
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH venue

Nearest frequency peer: venue (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « voies »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « voies » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

voies vs vos
60% similar
voies vs vous
60% similar
voies vs voir
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for voies
PropertyValue
Headwordvoies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vwa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,398
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voies »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.voiesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « venue » (#2,397), « voisins » (#2,399), « trou » (#2,396). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voies » est au #2,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around voies (IPA \vwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,398 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de voie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for voies, with forms such as "ovies", "vioes", and "voeis". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vos", "vous", "voir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is voies, spelled V-O-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de voie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how voies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Plutôt qu’à repartir sur des voies déjà tracées, ne peut-on s’étonner que cet investigateur du social, ce malmeneur d’idées reçues ne s’engage pas, quand il est question du pouvoir, sur des voies à défricher ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovies
  • vioes
  • voeis
  • voiess
  • voise
  • vvoies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voies - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ovies2vioes2voeis2voiess1voise2vvoies1
Edit distance from "voies"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voies"?
"voies" is spelled V-O-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vwa\.
What does "voies" mean?
As a noun, "voies" means: Pluriel de voie.
What words are commonly confused with "voies"?
"voies" is commonly confused with "vos", "vous", "voir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voies" is \vwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voies" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "voies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

venue#2,397voter#2,400soyez#2,389cache#2,409

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

caisse6 variantsHausse6 variantsrusses6 variantsconnue6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list