vois
\vwa\
The verdict
“vois” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #298
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vois · vois · French
vois · rank #298 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #298
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH tes
Nearest frequency peer: tes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vois”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- quel
quel
99,706 corpus weight
- tes
tes
99,704 corpus weight
- vois
vois
99,703 corpus weight
- aucun
aucun
99,702 corpus weight
- loi
loi
99,701 corpus weight
- parti
parti
99,700 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vois” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \vwa\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “vois” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around vois (IPA \vwa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #298 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vois, with forms such as "ovis", "vios", and "voiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vs", "vos", "vol", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vois, spelled V-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de voir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne vois pas non plus grand avantage à la pensée-calembour, avec son petit air « Ha ha ha ! », index et sourcils levés (gestes et cri du découvreur qui nous l’avait bien dit). Elle consisterait par exemple à balourdiser sur les soulèvements qui font se soulever sur ses pieds pour lancer des pavés.
Ha ! sardonise Laure. Je me vois très bien aller voir le capitaine Marceau dans son bureau et lui demander poliment : voilà, Capitaine, il me faudrait pour demain matin, deux hélicoptères, un millier d’hommes et une dizaine de brigades cynophiles pour patrouiller sur le territoire de la commune de Loguivy-de-la-Mer…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovis
- vios
- voiss
- vosi
- vvois
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vois - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vois", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "vois". Here's where to go from here.
- "vois" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "vs". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #298 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.