Which to use
“voiture” is a noun and “votre” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #537
- “voiture” frequency rank
- #110
- “votre” frequency rank
- 647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voiture | votre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Véhicule consistant en une caisse montée sur des roues. | Deuxième personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui est à vous. Plusieurs possesseurs et un seul objet ou un possesseur, à qui on s'adresse poliment, et un seul objet. |
Where the eye mixes voiture and votre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voiture runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against votre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voiture with votre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voiture is \vwa.tyʁ\ while votre is \vɔtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voiture is recorded at frequency rank #537, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.tyʁ\. votre is at rank #110, tagged as adet, pronounced \vɔtʁ\.
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 647, this pair ranks #439,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voiture vs votre
Shared letters: eortv. Private to "voiture": iu. Private to "votre": -.
"voiture" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "votre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voiture" and "votre" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "voiture" or "votre" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "voiture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #439,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voiture" and "votre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votre vs voûtée". 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 #439,340 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.