Which to use
“voisines” and “voisins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,796
- “voisines” frequency rank
- #2,399
- “voisins” frequency rank
- 11195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voisines | voisins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de voisin. | Masculin pluriel de voisin. |
Where the eye mixes voisines and voisins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. voisines runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against voisins's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voisines with voisins
A purely visual mix-up. voisines (\vwa.zin\) and voisins (\vwa.zɛ̃\) 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 11195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voisines is recorded at frequency rank #8,796, classified as anadj, pronounced \vwa.zin\. voisins is at rank #2,399, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwa.zɛ̃\.
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 11195, this pair ranks #410,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voisines vs voisins
Shared letters: inosv. Private to "voisines": e. Private to "voisins": -.
"voisines" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "voisins" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voisines" and "voisins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "voisines" or "voisins" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "voisines" and "voisins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voisines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voisins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voisines" and "voisins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visons vs voisins". 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 #410,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.