Which to use
“voyaient” is a verb and “voyant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,178
- “voyaient” frequency rank
- #3,374
- “voyant” frequency rank
- 17552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyaient | voyant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de voir. | Que l’on voit ; qui attire la vue ; éclatant ; manifeste. |
Where the eye mixes voyaient and voyant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voyaient runs 8 letters (CVVVVVCC) against voyant's 6 (CVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between voyaient and voyant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voyaient is \vwa.jɛ\ while voyant is \vwa.jɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voyaient is recorded at frequency rank #14,178, classified as averb, pronounced \vwa.jɛ\. voyant is at rank #3,374, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃\.
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 17552, this pair ranks #382,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voyaient vs voyant
Shared letters: anotvy. Private to "voyaient": ei. Private to "voyant": -.
"voyaient" · 8 letters · shape CVVVVVCC · "voyant" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voyaient" and "voyant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "voyaient" or "voyant"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "voyaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyaient" and "voyant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votaient vs voyaient". 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 #382,604 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.