Which to use
“voyou” and “voyous” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,847
- “voyou” frequency rank
- #14,823
- “voyous” frequency rank
- 32670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voyou | voyous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gamin des rues ; chemineau vagabond. | Pluriel de voyou (épicène). |
Same sound, different letters: voyou vs voyous
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. voyou runs 5 letters (CVVVV) against voyous's 6 (CVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: voyou vs voyous
This is the hard kind. voyou and voyous are pronounced identically (\vwa.ju\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “voyou” sits inside “voyous”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voyou is recorded at frequency rank #17,847, classified as anoun, pronounced \vwa.ju\. voyous is at rank #14,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa.ju\.
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 32670, this pair ranks #295,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voyou vs voyous
Shared letters: ouvy. Private to "voyou": -. Private to "voyous": s.
"voyou" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "voyous" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voyou" and "voyous" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "voyou" or "voyous"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "voyou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voyou" and "voyous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voy vs voyou". 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 #295,742 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.