voyagentvsvoyageurConfusable pair

Quick tell: voyagent is a verb, voyageur is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“voyagent” is a verb and “voyageur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,206
“voyagent” frequency rank
#8,482
“voyageur” frequency rank
29688
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voyagent voyageur
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voyager. Qui voyage.

Where the eye mixes voyagent and voyageur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voyagent (CVVVCVCC) and voyageur (CVVVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
voyagent
8 ch
voyageur

Look-alike desk: voyagent vs voyageur

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voyagent is \vwa.jaʒ\ while voyageur is \vwa.ja.ʒœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voyagent is recorded at frequency rank #21,206, classified as averb, pronounced \vwa.jaʒ\. voyageur is at rank #8,482, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwa.ja.ʒœʁ\.

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 29688, this pair ranks #315,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voyagent vs voyageur

Shared letters: aegovy. Private to "voyagent": nt. Private to "voyageur": ru.

"voyagent" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVCC  ·  "voyageur" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voyagentovyagent · voaygent · voyaegnt · voyagennt · voyagentt · voyagetn · voyaggent · voyagnet
  • voyageurovyageur · voaygeur · voyaegur · voyageru · voyageurr · voyaggeur · voyaguer · voygaeur

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voyagent" and "voyageur" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voyagent" is a verb and "voyageur" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "voyagent" vs "voyageur" - which ranks higher?
"voyageur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,482 in our French list, against #21,206 for "voyagent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voyagent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voyageur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voyagent" and "voyageur" 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 #315,099 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list