Which to use
“votant” is an adjective and “voyante” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,455
- “votant” frequency rank
- #25,167
- “voyante” frequency rank
- 47622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votant | voyante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui vote. | Celle qui peut voir, n’est pas aveugle. |
Where the eye mixes votant and voyante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. votant runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against voyante's 7 (CVVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: votant vs voyante
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: votant is \vɔ.tɑ̃\ while voyante is \vwa.jɑ̃t\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
votant is recorded at frequency rank #22,455, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɔ.tɑ̃\. voyante is at rank #25,167, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃t\.
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 47622, this pair ranks #185,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of votant vs voyante
Shared letters: anotv. Private to "votant": -. Private to "voyante": ey.
"votant" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "voyante" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "votant" for "voyante" ever safe?
Which is more common, "votant" or "voyante"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "votant" and "voyante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "votant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "votant" and "voyante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votaient vs votant". 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 #185,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.