visage
/ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/
"visage" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“visage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,235
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Countenance; one's face.
Corpus desk
Index EN-visage · visage · English
visage · rank #38,235 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,235
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH virtualization
Nearest frequency peer: virtualization (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “visage”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- varna
varna
61,772 corpus weight
- vaseline
vaseline
61,771 corpus weight
- virtualizat…
virtualization
61,767 corpus weight
- visage
visage
61,766 corpus weight
- Warne
Warne
61,764 corpus weight
- WeChat
WeChat
61,762 corpus weight
What this shows “visage” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | visage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “visage”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around visage (IPA /ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,235 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for visage, with forms such as "ivsage", "viasge", and "visaeg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "vise", "voyage", "visa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English visage, from Anglo-Norman visage, from Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, derived from Latin vīsus (“appearance, sight”), derived from vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision. The correct English form is visage, spelled V-I-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Countenance; one's face.
- 2The appearance or aspect of something, especially when expressive or distinctive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how visage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.
Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.
Etymology
From Middle English visage, from Anglo-Norman visage, from Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, derived from Latin vīsus (“appearance, sight”), derived from vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivsage
- viasge
- visaeg
- visagge
- visgae
- vissage
- vsiage
- vvisage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of visage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "visage", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).