Which to use
“voy” and “voyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,860
- “voy” frequency rank
- #1,981
- “voyez” frequency rank
- 50841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voy | voyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe irrégulier ir (« aller »). | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de voir. |
Where the eye mixes voy and voyez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. voy runs 3 letters (CVV) against voyez's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between voy and voyez
A purely visual mix-up. voy (\ˈboj\) and voyez (\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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “voy” sits inside “voyez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voy is recorded at frequency rank #48,860, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈboj\. voyez is at rank #1,981, tagged as averb, 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 50841, this pair ranks #159,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voy vs voyez
Shared letters: ovy. Private to "voy": -. Private to "voyez": ez.
"voy" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "voyez" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voyez ← ovyez · voeyz · voyezz · voyyez · voyze · vvoyez · vyoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voy" and "voyez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "voy" or "voyez" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "voy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voy" and "voyez" 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 #159,521 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.