Which to use
“voilure” and “voitures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,859
- “voilure” frequency rank
- #1,644
- “voitures” frequency rank
- 32503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voilure | voitures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des voiles d’un navire. | Pluriel de voiture. |
Where the eye mixes voilure and voitures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voilure runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against voitures's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between voilure and voitures
A purely visual mix-up. voilure (\vwa.lyʁ\) and voitures (\vwa.tyʁ\) 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 32503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voilure is recorded at frequency rank #30,859, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.lyʁ\. voitures is at rank #1,644, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.tyʁ\.
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 32503, this pair ranks #296,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voilure vs voitures
Shared letters: eioruv. Private to "voilure": l. Private to "voitures": st.
"voilure" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "voitures" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voilure" and "voitures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "voilure" or "voitures" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "voilure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voitures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voilure" and "voitures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voiler vs voilure". 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 #296,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.