Which to use
“voltage” and “voltige” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,098
- “voltage” frequency rank
- #34,360
- “voltige” frequency rank
- 73458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voltage | voltige |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tension électrique en volts nécessaires au fonctionnement d’un appareil électrique. | Exercice d’agilité ou d’acrobatie, exécuté soit au trapèze, soit sur une corde lâche. |
Where the eye mixes voltage and voltige
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between voltage and voltige
A purely visual mix-up. voltage (\vɔl.taʒ\) and voltige (\vɔl.tiʒ\) 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 - a in “voltage” becomes i in “voltige”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voltage is recorded at frequency rank #39,098, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔl.taʒ\. voltige is at rank #34,360, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔl.tiʒ\.
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 73458, this pair ranks #40,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voltage vs voltige
Shared letters: eglotv. Private to "voltage": a. Private to "voltige": i.
"voltage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "voltige" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voltage" and "voltige" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "voltage" or "voltige"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "voltage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voltige" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voltage" and "voltige" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volage vs voltage". 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 #40,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.