Which to use
“voitures” and “vôtres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,644
- “voitures” frequency rank
- #18,369
- “vôtres” frequency rank
- 20013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voitures | vôtres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de voiture. | Ceux qui sont de votre pays, de votre parti, de votre compagnie. |
Where the eye mixes voitures and vôtres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses voitures with vôtres
A purely visual mix-up. voitures (\vwa.tyʁ\) and vôtres (\votʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voitures is recorded at frequency rank #1,644, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.tyʁ\. vôtres is at rank #18,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \votʁ\.
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 20013, this pair ranks #370,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voitures vs vôtres
Shared letters: erstv. Private to "voitures": iou. Private to "vôtres": ô.
"voitures" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "vôtres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voitures ← ovitures · viotures · voitrues · voittures · voituers · voituress · voiturres · voiturse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voitures" for "vôtres" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voitures" vs "vôtres" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "voitures" and "vôtres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voitures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vôtres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voitures" and "vôtres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vôtres vs vouées". 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 #370,373 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.