Which to use
“voit” is a verb and “von” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #459
- “voit” frequency rank
- #5,203
- “von” frequency rank
- 5662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voit | von |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir. | Voie secondaire souvent non bitumée. |
Where the eye mixes voit and von
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: voit vs von
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voit is \vwa\ while von is \vɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voit is recorded at frequency rank #459, classified as averb, pronounced \vwa\. von is at rank #5,203, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔ̃\.
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 5662, this pair ranks #428,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voit vs von
Shared letters: ov. Private to "voit": it. Private to "von": n.
"voit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "von" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voit ← ovit · viot · voitt · voti · vvoit
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voit" and "von" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "voit" or "von" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "voit" and "von" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "von" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voit" and "von" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vlan vs von". 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 #428,405 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.