Which to use
“voie” and “voix” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #781
- “voie” frequency rank
- #499
- “voix” frequency rank
- 1280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voie | voix |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie de la chaussée dédiée et suffisante pour permettre le déroulement d’une file d’automobiles autres que des motocycles. | Ensemble de sons produits par les cordes vocales. |
Same sound, different letters: voie vs voix
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - voie and voix
This is the hard kind. voie and voix 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 a single letter - e in “voie” becomes x in “voix”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voie is recorded at frequency rank #781, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa\. voix is at rank #499, 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 1280, this pair ranks #438,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voie vs voix
Shared letters: iov. Private to "voie": e. Private to "voix": x.
"voie" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "voix" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voie" for "voix" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voie" vs "voix" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "voie" / "voix". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "voie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voix" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voie" and "voix" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viv vs voie". 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 #438,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.