visonsvsvoyonsConfusable pair

Quick tell: visons is a noun, voyons is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visons” is a noun and “voyons” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,258
“visons” frequency rank
#3,050
“voyons” frequency rank
47308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visons voyons
Definition Pluriel de vison. Interjection exprimant l'impatience, l'indignation ou l'encouragement.

Where the eye mixes visons and voyons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. visons (CVCVCC) and voyons (CVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
visons
6 ch
voyons

Visual trap between visons and voyons

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visons is \vi.zɔ̃\ while voyons is \vwa.jɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visons is recorded at frequency rank #44,258, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.zɔ̃\. voyons is at rank #3,050, tagged as anintj, pronounced \vwa.jɔ̃\.

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 47308, this pair ranks #187,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visons vs voyons

Shared letters: nosv. Private to "visons": i. Private to "voyons": y.

"visons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "voyons" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visons ← ivsons · viosns · visnos · visonns · visonss · visosn · vissons · vsions
  • voyons ← ovyons · vooyns · voynos · voyonns · voyonss · voyosn · voyyons · vvoyons

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visons" and "voyons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visons" is a noun and "voyons" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "visons" vs "voyons" - which ranks higher?
"voyons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,050 in our French list, against #44,258 for "visons". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "visons" and "voyons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voyons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #187,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visons" and "voyons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visais vs visons". 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 #187,979 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