Which to use
“voles” and “volts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,652
- “voles” frequency rank
- #21,813
- “volts” frequency rank
- 58465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voles | volts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de vole. | Pluriel de volt. |
Where the eye mixes voles and volts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. voles (CVCVC) and volts (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: voles vs volts
A purely visual mix-up. voles (\vɔl\) and volts (\vɔlt\) 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 a single letter - e in “voles” becomes t in “volts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voles is recorded at frequency rank #36,652, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔl\. volts is at rank #21,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔlt\.
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 58465, this pair ranks #108,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voles vs volts
Shared letters: losv. Private to "voles": e. Private to "volts": t.
"voles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "volts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voles" and "volts" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "voles" vs "volts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "voles" and "volts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voles" and "volts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voles vs Voss". 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 #108,923 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.