voixvsvomiTell them apart

Which to use

“voix” and “vomi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#499
“voix” frequency rank
#14,386
“vomi” frequency rank
14885
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voix vomi
Definition Ensemble de sons produits par les cordes vocales. Vomissure.

Where the eye mixes voix and vomi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
voix
4 ch
vomi

Look-alike desk: voix vs vomi

A purely visual mix-up. voix (\vwa\) and vomi (\vɔ.mi\) 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 14885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voix is recorded at frequency rank #499, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa\. vomi is at rank #14,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.mi\.

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 14885, this pair ranks #394,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of voix vs vomi

Shared letters: iov. Private to "voix": x. Private to "vomi": m.

"voix" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "vomi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voixovix · viox · voixx · voxi · vvoix
  • vomiovmi · vmoi · voim · vommi · vvomi

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voix" and "vomi" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vwa\ versus \vɔ.mi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "voix" vs "vomi" - which ranks higher?
"voix" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #499 in our French list, against #14,386 for "vomi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "voix" and "vomi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voix" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vomi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #394,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voix" and "vomi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vomi 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 #394,793 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list