voitvsvoixTell them apart

Quick tell: voit is a verb, voix is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“voit” is a verb and “voix” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#459
“voit” frequency rank
#499
“voix” frequency rank
958
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voit voix
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir. Ensemble de sons produits par les cordes vocales.

Same sound, different letters: voit vs voix

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.

4 ch
voit
4 ch
voix

Same sound, different spelling - voit / voix

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: voit and voix carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - t in “voit” becomes x in “voix”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voit is recorded at frequency rank #459, classified as averb, pronounced \vwa\. voix is at rank #499, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa\.

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 958, this pair ranks #438,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of voit vs voix

Shared letters: iov. Private to "voit": t. Private to "voix": x.

"voit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "voix" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voitovit · viot · voitt · voti · vvoit
  • voixovix · viox · voixx · voxi · vvoix

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voit" and "voix" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voit" is a verb and "voix" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "voit" or "voix" show up more?
"voit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #459 in our French list, against #499 for "voix". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voix" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #438,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voit" and "voix" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viv vs voix". 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 #438,851 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