Which to use
“voor” is a preposition and “vox” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,936
- “voor” frequency rank
- #25,853
- “vox” frequency rank
- 59789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voor | vox |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avant. | Et, mais, mais aussi (liaison simple). |
Where the eye mixes voor and vox
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: voor vs vox
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voor is \voːr\ while vox is \vɔx\. 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 conjunction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59789, 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\. vox is at rank #25,853, tagged as aconj, pronounced \vɔx\.
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 59789, this pair ranks #101,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voor vs vox
Shared letters: ov. Private to "voor": r. Private to "vox": x.
"voor" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "vox" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voor ← ovor · voorr · voro · vvoor
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voor" for "vox" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "voor" or "vox" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "voor" and "vox" 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 "vox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voor" and "vox" 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 #101,179 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.