voidvsvoitTell them apart

Quick tell: void is a noun, voit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“void” is a noun and “voit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,683
“void” frequency rank
#459
“voit” frequency rank
43142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature void voit
Definition Fromage au lait de vache à pâte molle à croûte lavée de la Meuse. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir.

Same sound, different letters: void vs voit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.

4 ch
void
4 ch
voit

Same sound, different spelling - void / voit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: void and voit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - d in “void” becomes t in “voit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43142, 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\. 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 43142, this pair ranks #220,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of void vs voit

Shared letters: iov. Private to "void": d. Private to "voit": t.

"void" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "voit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voidovid · viod · vodi · voidd · vvoid
  • voitovit · viot · voitt · voti · vvoit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "void" and "voit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "void" is a noun and "voit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "void" vs "voit" - which ranks higher?
"voit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #459 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.

Useful next steps

"void" and "voit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "void" 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 #220,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "void" and "voit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viv vs void". 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 #220,308 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