Which to use
“vastes” is an adjective and “visités” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,763
- “vastes” frequency rank
- #22,733
- “visités” frequency rank
- 32496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vastes | visités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de vaste. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de visiter. |
Where the eye mixes vastes and visités
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vastes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against visités's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vastes vs visités
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vastes is \vast\ while visités is \vi.zi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vastes is recorded at frequency rank #9,763, classified as anadj, pronounced \vast\. visités is at rank #22,733, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.te\.
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 32496, this pair ranks #296,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vastes vs visités
Shared letters: stv. Private to "vastes": ae. Private to "visités": ié.
"vastes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "visités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vastes ← avstes · vasets · vasstes · vastess · vastse · vasttes · vatses · vsates
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vastes" and "visités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vastes" vs "visités" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vastes" and "visités" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vastes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vastes" and "visités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visit vs visités". 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 #296,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.