voidvsvomisWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#42,683
“void” frequency rank
#28,404
“vomis” frequency rank
71087
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes void and vomis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. void runs 4 letters (CVVC) against vomis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
void
5 ch
vomis

Why the eye confuses void with vomis

A purely visual mix-up. void (\vwa\) and vomis (\vɔ.mi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71087, 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\. vomis is at rank #28,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.mi\.

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 71087, this pair ranks #48,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of void vs vomis

Shared letters: iov. Private to "void": d. Private to "vomis": ms.

"void" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "vomis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voidovid · viod · vodi · voidd · vvoid
  • vomisovmis · vmois · voims · vomiss · vommis · vomsi · vvomis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "void" for "vomis" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vwa\ versus \vɔ.mi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "void" or "vomis"?
"vomis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,404 in our French list, against #42,683 for "void". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "void" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vomis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "void" and "vomis" 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 #48,855 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