vidéovsvisezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: vidéo is a noun, visez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vidéo” is a noun and “visez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#443
“vidéo” frequency rank
#47,098
“visez” frequency rank
47541
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vidéo visez
Definition Ensemble des techniques permettant la visualisation ou l’enregistrement d’images animées accompagnées de son, sur un support électronique. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vidéo and visez apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
vidéo
5 ch
visez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vidéo is \vi.de.o\ while visez is \vi.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vidéo is recorded at frequency rank #443, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.de.o\. visez is at rank #47,098, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.ze\.

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 47541, this pair ranks #186,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vidéo vs visez

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vidéo": doé. Private to "visez": esz.

"vidéo" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visezivsez · viesz · visezz · vissez · visze · vsiez · vvisez

Frequency comparison

vidéo#443
visez#47,098

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vidéo" and "visez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vidéo" is a noun and "visez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vidéo" or "visez"?
"vidéo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #443 in our French list, against #47,098 for "visez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering vidéo vs visez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “vidéo”; for a verb, it's “visez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “vidéo” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list