Which to use
“videur” and “voleur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,062
- “videur” frequency rank
- #7,770
- “voleur” frequency rank
- 48832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | videur | voleur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne vigoureuse chargée d’expulser, ou de filtrer à l’entrée, les personnes indésirables dans certains lieux publics (établissements de nuit, cabarets, bals, réunions politiques). | Homme qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s’approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait. |
Where the eye mixes videur and voleur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. videur and voleur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: videur vs voleur
A purely visual mix-up. videur (\vi.dœʁ\) and voleur (\vɔ.lœʁ\) 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 48832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
videur is recorded at frequency rank #41,062, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.dœʁ\. voleur is at rank #7,770, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.lœʁ\.
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 48832, this pair ranks #175,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of videur vs voleur
Shared letters: eruv. Private to "videur": di. Private to "voleur": lo.
"videur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voleur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "videur" and "voleur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "videur" or "voleur" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "videur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voleur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "videur" and "voleur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vibreur vs videur". 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 #175,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.