vision

\vi.zjɔ̃\

/\vi.zjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“vision” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,615
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action, capacité de voir ; vue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vision · vision · French

vision · rank #1,615 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,615
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vice

Nearest frequency peer: vice (-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 « vision »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vision » 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).

vision vs vison
83% similar
vision vs visit
67% similar
vision vs visite
67% similar

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

Key facts for vision
PropertyValue
Headwordvision
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.zjɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,615
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vision »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).visionse 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 « vice » (#1,614), « écran » (#1,616), « venez » (#1,613). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vision » est au #1,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around vision (IPA \vi.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,615 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 vision, with forms such as "ivsion", "viison", and "visino". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "vison", "visit", "visite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vision, spelled V-I-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action, capacité de voir ; vue.
  2. 2
    Perception, en esprit ou par les yeux du corps, d’une réalité surnaturelle.
  3. 3
    Chimère, image vaine que la peur, la folie, ou toute autre cause particulière produit dans l’esprit.
  4. 4
    Idée folle, extravagante.
  5. 5
    Projection dans le futur ; imagination du futur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ses yeux, doués d’une extrême puissance de vision, comme tous ceux de ces indigènes nomades, habitués aux ténèbres des longues nuits de l’hiver arctique, ne pouvaient la tromper.
  2. […], nous passons sous le pont suspendu de Brooklyn et devant Manhattan et ses gratte-ciel, et ma dernière vision de New-York me laisse une impression de ville monstrueuse et titanesque.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivsion
  • viison
  • visino
  • visionn
  • visoin
  • vission
  • vsiion
  • vvision

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vision - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ivsion2viison2visino2visionn1visoin2vission1vsiion2vvision1
Edit distance from "vision"

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 "vision"?
"vision" is spelled V-I-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.zjɔ̃\.
What does "vision" mean?
As a noun, "vision" means: Action, capacité de voir ; vue.
What words are commonly confused with "vision"?
"vision" is commonly confused with "vison", "visit", "visite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vision"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vision" is \vi.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vision" come from?
"vision" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list