Which to use
“vid” is an adjective and “vir” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,076
- “vid” frequency rank
- #46,521
- “vir” frequency rank
- 86597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vid | vir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vide. | Forme mutée de bir par adoucissement (b → v). |
Letter map: vid vs vir
Shared letters muted; letters that set vid and vir apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. vid and vir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for vid / vir
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vid is anadjective and viranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “vid” becomes r in “vir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vid is recorded at frequency rank #40,076, classified as anadj. vir is at rank #46,521, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈviː.r\.
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 86597, this pair ranks #9,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vid vs vir
Shared letters: iv. Private to "vid": d. Private to "vir": r.
"vid" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vir" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vid" for "vir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vid" or "vir"?
Useful next steps
Pair "vid" vs "vir" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "vid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vid" and "vir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vir vs viv". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,475 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.