Which to use
“voor” is a preposition and “votre” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,936
- “voor” frequency rank
- #110
- “votre” frequency rank
- 34046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voor | votre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avant. | Deuxième personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui est à vous. Plusieurs possesseurs et un seul objet ou un possesseur, à qui on s'adresse poliment, et un seul objet. |
Where the eye mixes voor and votre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. voor runs 4 letters (CVVC) against votre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voor with votre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voor is \voːr\ while votre is \vɔtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voor is recorded at frequency rank #33,936, classified as aprep, pronounced \voːr\. votre is at rank #110, tagged as adet, pronounced \vɔtʁ\.
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 34046, this pair ranks #286,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voor vs votre
Shared letters: orv. Private to "voor": -. Private to "votre": et.
"voor" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "votre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voor" and "votre" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "voor" or "votre"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "voor" and "votre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voor" and "votre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voor 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 #286,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.