Which to use
“volante” is an adjective and “voyance” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,067
- “volante” frequency rank
- #24,813
- “voyance” frequency rank
- 47880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volante | voyance |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de volant. | Capacité à obtenir une information par des méthodes qui s’affranchissent des lois de la nature habituellement reconnues, comme les limites de temps et d’espace. |
Where the eye mixes volante and voyance
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between volante and voyance
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: volante is \vɔ.lɑ̃t\ while voyance is \vwa.jɑ̃s\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volante is recorded at frequency rank #23,067, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɔ.lɑ̃t\. voyance is at rank #24,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃s\.
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 47880, this pair ranks #183,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of volante vs voyance
Shared letters: aenov. Private to "volante": lt. Private to "voyance": cy.
"volante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "voyance" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volante" for "voyance" ever safe?
Which is more common, "volante" or "voyance"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "volante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyance" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volante" and "voyance" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volage vs volante". 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 #183,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.