Which to use
“valait” and “voyait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,386
- “valait” frequency rank
- #4,634
- “voyait” frequency rank
- 12020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valait | voyait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de valoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de voir. |
Where the eye mixes valait and voyait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. valait (CVCVVC) and voyait (CVVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses valait with voyait
A purely visual mix-up. valait (\va.lɛ\) and voyait (\vwa.jɛ\) 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 12020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valait is recorded at frequency rank #7,386, classified as averb, pronounced \va.lɛ\. voyait is at rank #4,634, tagged as averb, pronounced \vwa.jɛ\.
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 12020, this pair ranks #406,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of valait vs voyait
Shared letters: aitv. Private to "valait": l. Private to "voyait": oy.
"valait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voyait" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "valait" and "voyait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "valait" or "voyait"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "valait" and "voyait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valait" and "voyait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valait vs violait". 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 #406,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.