voire

\vwaʁ\

/\vwaʁ\/ adv

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The verdict

“voire” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,464
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Et peut-être même ; et aussi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voire · voire · French

voire · rank #1,464 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,464
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH violence

Nearest frequency peer: violence (-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 « voire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « voire » 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).

voire vs vor
60% similar
voire vs vois
60% similar
voire vs voit
60% similar

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

Key facts for voire
PropertyValue
Headwordvoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\vwaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,464
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).voirese 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 « violence » (#1,463), « vidéos » (#1,462), « aimé » (#1,466). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voire » est au #1,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around voire (IPA \vwaʁ\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,464 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for voire, with forms such as "ovire", "viore", and "voier". 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, "vor", "vois", "voit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is voire, spelled V-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Et peut-être même ; et aussi.
  2. 2
    Utilisé pour émettre un doute.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les charrettes et les chars étaient là dès potron-minet, voire dès la veille, car le marché était clappé dès prime ; il durait jusqu’à midi.
  2. Nous attendons encore, dans la communauté mondiale du football, l’arrivée des Chinois, des Japonais, des Mongols, voire des Esquimaux et des aborigènes d’Australie, qui vont peut-être apporter de nouveaux démentis aux canons du « footballistiquement correct».

Synonyms

pour ne pas diresi ce n'estsinonme semblenous verronson verra

This word in other languages

even(English)incluso(Español)selbst(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovire
  • viore
  • voier
  • voirre
  • vorie
  • vvoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ovire2viore2voier2voirre1vorie2vvoire1
Edit distance from "voire"

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 "voire"?
"voire" is spelled V-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vwaʁ\.
What does "voire" mean?
As an adverb, "voire" means: Et peut-être même ; et aussi.
What words are commonly confused with "voire"?
"voire" is commonly confused with "vor", "vois", "voit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voire" is \vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voire" come from?
"voire" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tirer#1,460somme#1,458champ#1,472lycée#1,482

Similar misspelling depth

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

buts6 variantspont6 variantsmets6 variantschat6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list