Which to use
“vacance” and “voyance” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,381
- “vacance” frequency rank
- #24,813
- “voyance” frequency rank
- 39194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vacance | voyance |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État d'une charge, d'une dignité, d'un poste vacant. | Capacité à obtenir une information par des méthodes qui s’affranchissent des lois de la nature habituellement reconnues, comme les limites de temps et d’espace. |
Where the eye mixes vacance and voyance
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vacance (CVCVCCV) and voyance (CVVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between vacance and voyance
A purely visual mix-up. vacance (\va.kɑ̃s\) and voyance (\vwa.jɑ̃s\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vacance is recorded at frequency rank #14,381, classified as anoun, pronounced \va.kɑ̃s\. voyance is at rank #24,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃s\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39194, this pair ranks #249,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vacance vs voyance
Shared letters: acenv. Private to "vacance": -. Private to "voyance": oy.
"vacance" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "voyance" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vacance" and "voyance" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vacance" or "voyance" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "vacance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyance" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vacance" and "voyance" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vance vs voyance". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #249,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.