voyeur
\vwa.jœʁ\
The verdict
“voyeur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,168
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui aime regarder les gens, observer les choses sans intervenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-voyeur · voyeur · French
voyeur · rank #25,168 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,168
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH voyante
Nearest frequency peer: voyante (-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 « voyeur »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- votées
votées
74,836 corpus weight
- voyageant
voyageant
74,835 corpus weight
- voyante
voyante
74,834 corpus weight
- voyeur
voyeur
74,833 corpus weight
- weil
weil
74,832 corpus weight
- wo
wo
74,830 corpus weight
What this shows « voyeur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | voyeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vwa.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voyeur »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around voyeur (IPA \vwa.jœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,168 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for voyeur, with forms such as "ovyeur", "voeyur", and "voyeru". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "voyez", "voyou", "voyous", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is voyeur, spelled V-O-Y-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui aime regarder les gens, observer les choses sans intervenir.
- 2Celui qui éprouve du plaisir à regarder des scènes érotiques ou intimes.
- 3Celui qui observe des scènes privées sans consentement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how voyeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Couple 33/26 ans, elle très salope, adore gros sexes noirs, 3, 4 de préférence, en même temps, car très assoiffée de sperme. Peut accepter sexe 24 × 20 cm. Lui, très voyeur peut recevoir.
Sa femme se déshabilla, ainsi que leur compagnon, qui exhibait un pénis énorme, d'au moins 20 à 25 centimètres. ... épisode de “triolisme”, une pratique qui permettait au mari de ce couple de satisfaire ses propres instincts de voyeur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovyeur
- voeyur
- voyeru
- voyeurr
- voyuer
- voyyeur
- vvoyeur
- vyoeur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voyeur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).