Which to use
“voyance” is a noun and “voyant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,813
- “voyance” frequency rank
- #3,374
- “voyant” frequency rank
- 28187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyance | voyant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Que l’on voit ; qui attire la vue ; éclatant ; manifeste. |
Where the eye mixes voyance and voyant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voyance runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against voyant's 6 (CVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voyance with voyant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voyance is \vwa.jɑ̃s\ while voyant is \vwa.jɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voyance is recorded at frequency rank #24,813, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃s\. 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 28187, this pair ranks #324,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voyance vs voyant
Shared letters: anovy. Private to "voyance": ce. Private to "voyant": t.
"voyance" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "voyant" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voyance" for "voyant" ever safe?
Which is more common, "voyance" 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 "voyance" 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 #324,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyance" and "voyant" 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 #324,381 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.