Which to use
“viol” is a noun and “vos” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,030
- “viol” frequency rank
- #207
- “vos” frequency rank
- 4237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viol | vos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Violence que l’on fait à une personne sans consentement, par la force ou la ruse, consistant en une pénétration sexuelle, vaginale, anale ou orale. | Qui sont à vous, qui vous appartiennent. Deuxième personne du pluriel. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets, ou un seul possesseur (forme de politesse) et plusieurs objets. |
Where the eye mixes viol and vos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between viol and vos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: viol is \vjɔl\ while vos is \vo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viol is recorded at frequency rank #4,030, classified as anoun, pronounced \vjɔl\. vos is at rank #207, tagged as adet, pronounced \vo\.
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 4237, this pair ranks #432,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of viol vs vos
Shared letters: ov. Private to "viol": il. Private to "vos": s.
"viol" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "vos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- viol ← ivol · vilo · violl · voil · vviol
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "viol" for "vos" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "viol" or "vos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "viol" and "vos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "viol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viol" and "vos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viol vs viv". 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 #432,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.