Which to use
“vidée” and “vides” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,591
- “vidée” frequency rank
- #6,253
- “vides” frequency rank
- 35844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vidée | vides |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de vidé. | Pluriel de vide. |
Where the eye mixes vidée and vides
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vidée (CVCVV) and vides (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between vidée and vides
A purely visual mix-up. vidée (\vi.de\) and vides (\vid\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vidée is recorded at frequency rank #29,591, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.de\. vides is at rank #6,253, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vid\.
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 35844, this pair ranks #273,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vidée vs vides
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "vidée": é. Private to "vides": s.
"vidée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vides" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vides ← ivdes · vdies · viddes · videss · vidse · vieds · vvides
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vidée" and "vides" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vidée" or "vides"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vidée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vidée" and "vides" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vidée vs virées". 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 #273,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.