Which to use
“voyage” is a noun and “voyagez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #860
- “voyage” frequency rank
- #36,653
- “voyagez” frequency rank
- 37513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyage | voyagez |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voyager. |
Where the eye mixes voyage and voyagez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses voyage with voyagez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voyage is \vwa.jaʒ\ while voyagez is \vwa.ja.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “voyage” sits inside “voyagez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37513, 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\. voyagez is at rank #36,653, tagged as averb, pronounced \vwa.ja.ʒe\.
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 37513, this pair ranks #261,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voyage vs voyagez
Shared letters: aegovy. Private to "voyage": -. Private to "voyagez": z.
"voyage" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "voyagez" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voyage" and "voyagez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "voyage" or "voyagez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "voyage" and "voyagez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voyage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyagez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyage" and "voyagez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volage vs voyagez". 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 #261,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.