voisinevsvoisinesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: voisine is a noun, voisines is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“voisine” is a noun and “voisines” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,455
“voisine” frequency rank
#8,796
“voisines” frequency rank
13251
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voisine voisines
Definition Femme qui est, qui demeure auprès d’une autre. Féminin pluriel de voisin.

Same sound, different letters: voisine vs voisines

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. voisine runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against voisines's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
voisine
8 ch
voisines

Homophone desk: voisine vs voisines

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: voisine and voisines carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vwa.zin\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “voisine” sits inside “voisines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voisine is recorded at frequency rank #4,455, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.zin\. voisines is at rank #8,796, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwa.zin\.

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 13251, this pair ranks #401,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of voisine vs voisines

Shared letters: einosv. Private to "voisine": -. Private to "voisines": -.

"voisine" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "voisines" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voisineovisine · viosine · voiisne · voisien · voisinne · voisnie · voissine · vosiine
  • voisinesovisines · viosines · voiisnes · voisiens · voisiness · voisinnes · voisinse · voisnies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voisine" and "voisines" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voisine" is a noun and "voisines" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "voisine" vs "voisines" - which ranks higher?
"voisine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,455 in our French list, against #8,796 for "voisines". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "voisine" / "voisines". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voisine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voisines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #401,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voisine" and "voisines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visités vs voisines". 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 #401,808 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