voix

/\vwa\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#499

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

voix is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ensemble de sons produits par les cordes vocales. Pronounced \vwa\. It ranks #499 in French word frequency. Often confused with vos and vol.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of voix in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for voix is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #499 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for voix, with forms such as "ovix", "viox", and "voixx". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is voix, spelled V-O-I-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovix,viox,voixx,voxi,vvoix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for voix

Misspelling Variants of "voix"

ovix4viox4voixx5voxi4vvoix5
Misspelling Variants of "voix"

Frequency rank: #499 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.