Which to use
“voyage” and “voyante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #860
- “voyage” frequency rank
- #25,167
- “voyante” frequency rank
- 26027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyage | voyante |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Celle qui peut voir, n’est pas aveugle. |
Where the eye mixes voyage and voyante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voyage runs 6 letters (CVVVCV) against voyante's 7 (CVVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voyage with voyante
A purely visual mix-up. voyage (\vwa.jaʒ\) and voyante (\vwa.jɑ̃t\) 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 26027, 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\. voyante is at rank #25,167, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃t\.
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 26027, this pair ranks #337,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voyage vs voyante
Shared letters: aeovy. Private to "voyage": g. Private to "voyante": nt.
"voyage" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "voyante" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voyage" for "voyante" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voyage" vs "voyante" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "voyante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyage" and "voyante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vacante vs voyante". 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 #337,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.