Which to use
“vais” is a verb and “Voss” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #219
- “vais” frequency rank
- #47,682
- “Voss” frequency rank
- 47901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vais | Voss |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aller. | Nom de famille. |
Letter map: vais vs Voss
Shared letters muted; letters that set vais and Voss apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: vais vs Voss
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vais is averb and Vossaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vais is recorded at frequency rank #219, classified as averb, pronounced \vɛ\. Voss is at rank #47,682, tagged as aname.
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 47901, this pair ranks #183,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vais vs Voss
Shared letters: sv. Private to "vais": ai. Private to "Voss": o.
"vais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vais" for "Voss" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "vais" or "Voss" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "vais" and "Voss". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "vais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Voss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vais" and "Voss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Voss vs voy". 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 #183,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.