Which to use
“voltige” is a noun and “voltigeur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,360
- “voltige” frequency rank
- #38,101
- “voltigeur” frequency rank
- 72461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voltige | voltigeur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exercice d’agilité ou d’acrobatie, exécuté soit au trapèze, soit sur une corde lâche. | Qui concerne ou pratique la voltige. |
Where the eye mixes voltige and voltigeur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: voltige vs voltigeur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voltige is \vɔl.tiʒ\ while voltigeur is \vɔl.ti.ʒœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “voltige” sits inside “voltigeur”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voltige is recorded at frequency rank #34,360, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔl.tiʒ\. voltigeur is at rank #38,101, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɔl.ti.ʒœʁ\.
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 72461, this pair ranks #43,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voltige vs voltigeur
Shared letters: egilotv. Private to "voltige": -. Private to "voltigeur": ru.
"voltige" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "voltigeur" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voltige" and "voltigeur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "voltige" or "voltigeur"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "voltige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voltigeur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voltige" and "voltigeur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volage vs voltige". 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 #43,919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.