Which to use
“vouée” and “voyer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,502
- “vouée” frequency rank
- #34,361
- “voyer” frequency rank
- 55863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vouée | voyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de voué. | Relatif à la voirie. |
Where the eye mixes vouée and voyer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vouée (CVVVV) and voyer (CVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between vouée and voyer
A purely visual mix-up. vouée (\vwe\) and voyer (\vwa.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vouée is recorded at frequency rank #21,502, classified as anadj, pronounced \vwe\. voyer is at rank #34,361, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwa.je\.
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 55863, this pair ranks #124,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vouée vs voyer
Shared letters: eov. Private to "vouée": ué. Private to "voyer": ry.
"vouée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "voyer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voyer ← ovyer · voeyr · voyerr · voyre · voyyer · vvoyer · vyoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vouée" and "voyer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vouée" or "voyer"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "vouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vouée" and "voyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voy vs voyer". 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 #124,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.