Which to use
“vis” is a noun and “Voss” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #993
- “vis” frequency rank
- #47,682
- “Voss” frequency rank
- 48675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vis | Voss |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce mécanique formée d’un corps qui comporte un filet de forme hélicoïdale et une tête où une empreinte permet d’appliquer un couple ; il en résulte un double mouvement de rotation et de translation. En mécanique, elles sont souvent employées avec des écrous pour former des boulons. | Nom de famille. |
Letter map: vis vs Voss
Shared letters muted; letters that set vis and Voss apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for vis / Voss
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vis is anoun and Vossaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vis is recorded at frequency rank #993, classified as anoun, pronounced \vis\. Voss is at rank #47,682, tagged as aname.
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 48675, this pair ranks #176,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vis vs Voss
Shared letters: sv. Private to "vis": i. Private to "Voss": o.
"vis" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Voss ← ovss · vsos · vvoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vis" for "Voss" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vis" or "Voss"?
After this comparison
Pair "vis" vs "Voss" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "vis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Voss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vis" and "Voss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Voss vs voy". 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 #176,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.