Which to use
“voyage” is a noun and “voyagent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #860
- “voyage” frequency rank
- #21,206
- “voyagent” frequency rank
- 22066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyage | voyagent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de se déplacer par un chemin plus ou moins long pour se rendre d’une ville dans une autre, d’un pays dans un autre, d’un lieu dans un autre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voyager. |
Same sound, different letters: voyage vs voyagent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. voyage runs 6 letters (CVVVCV) against voyagent's 8 (CVVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - voyage / voyagent
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: voyage and voyagent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vwa.jaʒ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “voyage” sits inside “voyagent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voyage is recorded at frequency rank #860, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jaʒ\. voyagent is at rank #21,206, tagged as averb, pronounced \vwa.jaʒ\.
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 22066, this pair ranks #359,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voyage vs voyagent
Shared letters: aegovy. Private to "voyage": -. Private to "voyagent": nt.
"voyage" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "voyagent" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voyage" and "voyagent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "voyage" or "voyagent" show up more?
What to do next
"voyage" and "voyagent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "voyage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyagent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyage" and "voyagent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votaient vs voyagent". 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 #359,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.