Which to use
“voyance” is a noun and “voyants” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,813
- “voyance” frequency rank
- #27,293
- “voyants” frequency rank
- 52106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyance | voyants |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de voyant. |
Where the eye mixes voyance and voyants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voyance (CVVVCCV) and voyants (CVVVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses voyance with voyants
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voyance is \vwa.jɑ̃s\ while voyants is \vwa.jɑ̃\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52106, 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\. voyants is at rank #27,293, 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 52106, this pair ranks #150,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voyance vs voyants
Shared letters: anovy. Private to "voyance": ce. Private to "voyants": st.
"voyance" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "voyants" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voyance" and "voyants" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "voyance" or "voyants" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "voyance" and "voyants" 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 "voyants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyance" and "voyants" 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 #150,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.