voye
\vɔj\
The verdict
“voye” is uncommon French (frequency #97,546 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,546
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit, dans quelques endroits, de la bouée qui sert à retrouver les filets tendus par fond.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voye |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔj\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “voye” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
voye is uncommon French at frequency #97,546 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɔj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit, dans quelques endroits, de la bouée qui sert à retrouver les filets tendus par fond.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for voye, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is voye, spelled V-O-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit, dans quelques endroits, de la bouée qui sert à retrouver les filets tendus par fond.
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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Using “voye”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-O-Y-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɔj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.