vomisvsVossConfusable pair

Quick tell: vomis is a noun, Voss is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vomis” is a noun and “Voss” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,404
“vomis” frequency rank
#47,682
“Voss” frequency rank
76086
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vomis Voss
Definition Pluriel de vomi. Nom de famille.

Letter map: vomis vs Voss

Shared letters muted; letters that set vomis and Voss apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. vomis runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Voss's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
vomis
4 ch
Voss

Grammar separator: vomis vs Voss

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vomis is anoun and Vossaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vomis is recorded at frequency rank #28,404, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.mi\. Voss is at rank #47,682, tagged as aname.

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 76086, this pair ranks #32,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vomis vs Voss

Shared letters: osv. Private to "vomis": im. Private to "Voss": -.

"vomis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vomisovmis · vmois · voims · vomiss · vommis · vomsi · vvomis
  • Vossovss · vsos · vvoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vomis" for "Voss" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vomis" is a noun and "Voss" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vomis" or "Voss"?
"vomis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,404 in our French list, against #47,682 for "Voss". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vomis" and "Voss".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vomis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Voss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vomis" and "Voss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Voss 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 #32,136 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