visitvsvoitConfusable pair

Which to use

“visit” and “voit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,724
“visit” frequency rank
#459
“voit” frequency rank
44183
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visit voit
Definition Rendre visite (à un particulier). Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir.

Where the eye mixes visit and voit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
visit
4 ch
voit

Look-alike desk: visit vs voit

A purely visual mix-up. visit (\ˈvɪz.ɪt\) and voit (\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 44183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visit is recorded at frequency rank #43,724, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈvɪz.ɪt\. voit is at rank #459, 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 44183, this pair ranks #212,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visit vs voit

Shared letters: itv. Private to "visit": s. Private to "voit": o.

"visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "voit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitivsit · viist · visitt · vissit · visti · vsiit · vvisit
  • voitovit · viot · voitt · voti · vvoit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visit" and "voit" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ˈvɪz.ɪt\ versus \vwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "visit" or "voit" show up more?
"voit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #459 in our French list, against #43,724 for "visit". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visit" and "voit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez vs visit". 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 #212,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list