Which to use
“vivait” and “voyait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,255
- “vivait” frequency rank
- #4,634
- “voyait” frequency rank
- 10889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vivait | voyait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de vivre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de voir. |
Where the eye mixes vivait and voyait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vivait vs voyait
A purely visual mix-up. vivait (\vi.vɛ\) and voyait (\vwa.jɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vivait is recorded at frequency rank #6,255, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.vɛ\. voyait is at rank #4,634, tagged as averb, pronounced \vwa.jɛ\.
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 10889, this pair ranks #411,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vivait vs voyait
Shared letters: aitv. Private to "vivait": -. Private to "voyait": oy.
"vivait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voyait" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vivait" and "voyait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vivait" or "voyait" 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 "vivait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vivait" and "voyait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vivait vs vivrais". 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 #411,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.