Which to use
“voit” and “volé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #459
- “voit” frequency rank
- #4,632
- “volé” frequency rank
- 5091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voit | volé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de voler. |
Where the eye mixes voit and volé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses voit with volé
A purely visual mix-up. voit (\vwa\) and volé (\vɔ.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voit is recorded at frequency rank #459, classified as averb, pronounced \vwa\. volé is at rank #4,632, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.le\.
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 5091, this pair ranks #429,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voit vs volé
Shared letters: ov. Private to "voit": it. Private to "volé": lé.
"voit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "volé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- voit ← ovit · viot · voitt · voti · vvoit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voit" and "volé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "voit" or "volé"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "voit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voit" and "volé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volé vs voy". 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 #429,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.