voix

\vwa\

/\vwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“voix” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#499
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de sons produits par les cordes vocales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voix · voix · French

voix · rank #499 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #499
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH train

Nearest frequency peer: train (-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 « voix »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « voix » 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).

voix vs vos
50% similar
voix vs vol
50% similar
voix vs von
50% similar

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

Key facts for voix
PropertyValue
Headwordvoix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vwa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#499
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voix »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.voixse 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 « train » (#498), « écrit » (#500), « seront » (#497). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voix » est au #499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around voix (IPA \vwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #499 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for voix, with forms such as "ovix", "viox", and "voixx". 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, "vos", "vol", "von", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is voix, spelled V-O-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de sons produits par les cordes vocales.
  2. 2
    Son articulé de la parole, voyelle.
  3. 3
    Son modulé dans le chant.
  4. 4
    Parties instrumentales.
  5. 5
    Son de certains instruments de musique ou certains bruits.
  6. 6
    Se dit aussi en parlant de certains animaux.
  7. 7
    Son de certaines choses.
  8. 8
    Ce qui nous parle ou qui nous inspire. Mouvement intérieur qui nous porte à faire quelque chose ou qui nous en détourne.
  9. 9
    Expression d’une opinion.
  10. 10
    Expression d’un vote ; suffrage.
  11. 11
    Mode d’expression d’une action par rapport au sujet.
  12. 12
    Échanges par téléphone.
  13. 13
    Appel, injonction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et sa voix alors prenait une intonation dolente et uniforme, enflant les mots, appuyant indéfiniment sur les syllabes. Cela m’agaçait beaucoup.
  2. Si Dris Ben-Aâlem, le caïd el-mechouar, gouverneur de la cour, commandant de la garde chérifienne, porte-parole du Sultan, était un mulâtre gigantesque à voix stentorienne.

Synonyms

avisconseiljugement

This word in other languages

voice(English)voz(Español)Stimme(Deutsch)voz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovix
  • viox
  • voixx
  • voxi
  • vvoix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ovix2viox2voixx1voxi2vvoix1
Edit distance from "voix"

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 "voix"?
"voix" is spelled V-O-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is \vwa\.
What does "voix" mean?
As a noun, "voix" means: Ensemble de sons produits par les cordes vocales.
What words are commonly confused with "voix"?
"voix" is commonly confused with "vos", "vol", "von". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voix" is \vwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voix" come from?
"voix" 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 "voix", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avis#503hier#507lire#491fond#518

Similar misspelling depth

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

allez5 variantsouais5 variantsgars5 variantsjuin5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list