void vs voies, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#42,683
“void” frequency rank: #2,398
“voies” frequency rank: 45081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	void	voies
Definition	Fromage au lait de vache à pâte molle à croûte lavée de la Meuse.	Pluriel de voie.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set void and voies apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

void

5 ch

voies

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. void and voies are pronounced identically (\vwa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

void is recorded at frequency rank #42,683, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa\. voies is at rank #2,398, tagged as anoun, 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 45081, this pair ranks #205,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of void vs voies

Shared letters: iov. Private to "void": d. Private to "voies": es.

"void" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "voies" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

void ← ovid · viod · vodi · voidd · vvoid
voies ← ovies · vioes · voeis · voiess · voise · vvoies

Frequency comparison

void#42,683

voies#2,398

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "void" and "voies" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\vwa\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "void" or "voies"?

"voies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,398 in our French list, against #42,683 for "void". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering void vs voies

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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