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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voisine" and "voisines" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "voisine" vs "voisines" - which ranks higher?
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.