Which to use
“vice” and “VIH” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,614
- “vice” frequency rank
- #12,278
- “VIH” frequency rank
- 13892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vice | VIH |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Défaut, imperfection grave qui rend une chose plus ou moins impropre à sa destination. | Virus humain supposé être associé au sida, capable de transcriptase inverse. |
Where the eye mixes vice and VIH
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vice vs VIH
A purely visual mix-up. vice (\vis\) and VIH (\ve i aʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vice is recorded at frequency rank #1,614, classified as anoun, pronounced \vis\. VIH is at rank #12,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ve i aʃ\.
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 13892, this pair ranks #399,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vice vs VIH
Shared letters: iv. Private to "vice": ce. Private to "VIH": h.
"vice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "VIH" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vice ← ivce · vcie · vicce · viec · vvice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vice" for "VIH" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "vice" or "VIH" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vice" and "VIH" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "VIH" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vice" and "VIH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "VIH vs viv". 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 #399,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.