Which to use
“voyage” and “voyance” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #860
- “voyage” frequency rank
- #24,813
- “voyance” frequency rank
- 25673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyage | voyance |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Capacité à obtenir une information par des méthodes qui s’affranchissent des lois de la nature habituellement reconnues, comme les limites de temps et d’espace. |
Where the eye mixes voyage and voyance
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voyage runs 6 letters (CVVVCV) against voyance's 7 (CVVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voyage vs voyance
A purely visual mix-up. voyage (\vwa.jaʒ\) and voyance (\vwa.jɑ̃s\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25673, 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\. voyance is at rank #24,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃s\.
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 25673, this pair ranks #339,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voyage vs voyance
Shared letters: aeovy. Private to "voyage": g. Private to "voyance": cn.
"voyage" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "voyance" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voyage" for "voyance" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "voyage" or "voyance" 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 "voyage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyance" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyage" and "voyance" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vance vs voyance". 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 #339,508 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.