visage

\vi.zaʒ\

/\vi.zaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“visage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,152
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Face humaine ; partie antérieure de la tête, qui comprend le front, les yeux, le nez, les joues, la bouche, le menton et les oreilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-visage · visage · French

visage · rank #1,152 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,152
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH traitement

Nearest frequency peer: traitement (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « visage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « visage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

visage vs visé
50% similar
visage vs visée
67% similar
visage vs visas
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for visage
PropertyValue
Headwordvisage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.zaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,152
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « visage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).visagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « traitement » (#1,151), « sorti » (#1,150), « écrire » (#1,154). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « visage » est au #1,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around visage (IPA \vi.zaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,152 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 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 variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "visé", "visée", "visas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is visage, spelled V-I-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Face humaine ; partie antérieure de la tête, qui comprend le front, les yeux, le nez, les joues, la bouche, le menton et les oreilles.
  2. 2
    Son air ; son expression.
  3. 3
    Aspect d’une chose.
  4. 4
    La personne même, en tant qu’on la connaît par le visage.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des traits moraux caractéristiques d’une personne, d’une nation, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how visage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il serait délicat d’insister sur l’apparence regrettable qu’ont prise certains visages féminin qui ont été trop longtemps exposés aux attaques des fards ; ceux-ci ont pu à un certain moment donner un éclat particulier au visage, mais ils l’ont souvent irrémédiablement flétri.
  2. J’aperçois, dans le décor que la pénombre commence à envahir, le modelé de mon front, l’ovale de mon visage et, sous ma paupière clignante, mon regard par lequel j’entre en moi comme dans un tombeau.

Synonyms

bobinebouillefacefigurefiolefrimoussegueuleminoispoiretrognetrombinetronchebinette

This word in other languages

face(English)cara(Español)Antlitz(Deutsch)cara(Português)

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.

ivsage2viasge2visaeg2visagge1visgae2vissage1vsiage2vvisage1
Edit distance from "visage"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "visage"?
"visage" is spelled V-I-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.zaʒ\.
What does "visage" mean?
As a noun, "visage" means: Face humaine ; partie antérieure de la tête, qui comprend le front, les yeux, le nez, les joues, la bouche, le menton et les oreilles.
What words are commonly confused with "visage"?
"visage" is commonly confused with "visé", "visée", "visas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "visage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "visage" is \vi.zaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "visage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "visage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écrire#1,154pleine#1,146macron#1,141limite#1,167

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

banque8 variantsvitesse8 variantsécoute8 variantsdossier8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list