Which to use
“voit” is a verb and “vos” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #459
- “voit” frequency rank
- #207
- “vos” frequency rank
- 666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voit | vos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de voir. | Qui sont à vous, qui vous appartiennent. Deuxième personne du pluriel. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets, ou un seul possesseur (forme de politesse) et plusieurs objets. |
Where the eye mixes voit and vos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between voit and vos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voit is \vwa\ while vos is \vo\. 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 determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voit is recorded at frequency rank #459, classified as averb, pronounced \vwa\. vos is at rank #207, tagged as adet, pronounced \vo\.
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 666, this pair ranks #439,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voit vs vos
Shared letters: ov. Private to "voit": it. Private to "vos": s.
"voit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "vos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voit ← ovit · viot · voitt · voti · vvoit
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voit" and "vos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "voit" or "vos" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "vos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #439,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voit" and "vos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viv vs voit". 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 #439,310 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.