Which to use
“voyance” and “voyante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,813
- “voyance” frequency rank
- #25,167
- “voyante” frequency rank
- 49980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyance | voyante |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Celle qui peut voir, n’est pas aveugle. |
Where the eye mixes voyance and voyante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voyance and voyante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses voyance with voyante
A purely visual mix-up. voyance (\vwa.jɑ̃s\) 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 a single letter - c in “voyance” becomes t in “voyante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49980, 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\. 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 49980, this pair ranks #166,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voyance vs voyante
Shared letters: aenovy. Private to "voyance": c. Private to "voyante": t.
"voyance" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "voyante" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voyance" for "voyante" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voyance" vs "voyante" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "voyance" and "voyante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voyance" 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 #166,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyance" 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 #166,277 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.