Which to use
“voyante” is a noun and “voyants” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,167
- “voyante” frequency rank
- #27,293
- “voyants” frequency rank
- 52460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyante | voyants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui peut voir, n’est pas aveugle. | Masculin pluriel de voyant. |
Where the eye mixes voyante and voyants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. voyante (CVVVCCV) and voyants (CVVVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: voyante vs voyants
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voyante is \vwa.jɑ̃t\ while voyants is \vwa.jɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “voyante” becomes s in “voyants”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voyante is recorded at frequency rank #25,167, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.jɑ̃t\. 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 52460, this pair ranks #147,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voyante vs voyants
Shared letters: anotvy. Private to "voyante": e. Private to "voyants": s.
"voyante" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "voyants" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voyante" and "voyants" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "voyante" vs "voyants" - which ranks higher?
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 "voyante" 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 #147,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyante" and "voyants" 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 #147,571 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.