Which to use
“vestige” and “voltige” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,805
- “vestige” frequency rank
- #34,360
- “voltige” frequency rank
- 59165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vestige | voltige |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Empreinte du pied d’un homme ou d’un animal, marquée dans l’endroit où il a marché. | Exercice d’agilité ou d’acrobatie, exécuté soit au trapèze, soit sur une corde lâche. |
Where the eye mixes vestige and voltige
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vestige and voltige follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between vestige and voltige
A purely visual mix-up. vestige (\vɛs.tiʒ\) and voltige (\vɔl.tiʒ\) 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 59165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vestige is recorded at frequency rank #24,805, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛs.tiʒ\. voltige is at rank #34,360, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔl.tiʒ\.
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 59165, this pair ranks #104,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vestige vs voltige
Shared letters: egitv. Private to "vestige": s. Private to "voltige": lo.
"vestige" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "voltige" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vestige" and "voltige" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vestige" or "voltige" 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 "vestige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voltige" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vestige" and "voltige" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volage vs voltige". 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 #104,677 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.