Which to use
“vient” and “voient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #331
- “vient” frequency rank
- #2,652
- “voient” frequency rank
- 2983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vient | voient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier à l’indicatif présent de venir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voir. |
Where the eye mixes vient and voient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vient vs voient
A purely visual mix-up. vient (\vjɛ̃\) and voient (\vwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vient is recorded at frequency rank #331, classified as averb, pronounced \vjɛ̃\. voient is at rank #2,652, tagged as averb, pronounced \vwa\.
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 2983, this pair ranks #435,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vient vs voient
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "vient": -. Private to "voient": o.
"vient" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "voient" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vient" and "voient" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vient" or "voient" 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 "vient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vient" and "voient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vient vs Vigny". 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 #435,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.