Which to use
“voyage” and “voyages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #860
- “voyage” frequency rank
- #3,373
- “voyages” frequency rank
- 4233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyage | voyages |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pluriel de voyage. |
Same sound, different letters: voyage vs voyages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: voyage vs voyages
This is the hard kind. voyage and voyages are pronounced identically (\vwa.jaʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “voyage” sits inside “voyages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4233, 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\. voyages is at rank #3,373, tagged as anoun, 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 4233, this pair ranks #432,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voyage vs voyages
Shared letters: aegovy. Private to "voyage": -. Private to "voyages": s.
"voyage" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "voyages" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voyage" and "voyages" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "voyage" or "voyages" show up more?
After this comparison
"voyage" and "voyages" 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 "voyages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyage" and "voyages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volage vs voyages". 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 #432,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.