Which to use
“Voss” is a name and “voy” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,682
- “Voss” frequency rank
- #48,860
- “voy” frequency rank
- 96542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Voss | voy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe irrégulier ir (« aller »). |
Letter map: Voss vs voy
Shared letters muted; letters that set Voss and voy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Voss runs 4 letters (CVCC) against voy's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Voss and voy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Voss is aname and voyaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Voss is recorded at frequency rank #47,682, classified as aname. voy is at rank #48,860, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈboj\.
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 96542, this pair ranks #632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Voss vs voy
Shared letters: ov. Private to "Voss": s. Private to "voy": y.
"Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "voy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Voss ← ovss · vsos · vvoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Voss" for "voy" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "Voss" or "voy" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "Voss" vs "voy" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Voss" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Voss" and "voy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viv 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 #632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.