Which to use
“voie” is a noun and “votre” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #781
- “voie” frequency rank
- #110
- “votre” frequency rank
- 891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voie | votre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie de la chaussée dédiée et suffisante pour permettre le déroulement d’une file d’automobiles autres que des motocycles. | Deuxième personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui est à vous. Plusieurs possesseurs et un seul objet ou un possesseur, à qui on s'adresse poliment, et un seul objet. |
Where the eye mixes voie and votre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voie is \vwa\ while votre is \vɔtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voie is recorded at frequency rank #781, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa\. votre is at rank #110, tagged as adet, pronounced \vɔtʁ\.
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 891, this pair ranks #438,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voie vs votre
Shared letters: eov. Private to "voie": i. Private to "votre": rt.
"voie" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "votre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV