Which to use
“vo” is a noun and “vos” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,609
- “vo” frequency rank
- #207
- “vos” frequency rank
- 10816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vo | vos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Verso. | 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 vo and vos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vo vs vos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vo is \vɛʁ.so\ while vos is \vo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vo” sits inside “vos”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vo is recorded at frequency rank #10,609, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁ.so\. 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 10816, this pair ranks #411,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vo vs vos
Shared letters: ov. Private to "vo": -. Private to "vos": s.
"vo" · 2 letters · shape CV · "vos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vo" and "vos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vo" or "vos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vo" and "vos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vo" 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 #411,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vo" and "vos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viv vs vo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #411,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.