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Which to use

“vider” and “vine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,174
“vider” frequency rank
#35,771
“vine” frequency rank
43945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vider vine
Definition Retirer d’un récipient ou de quelque lieu ce qui y était contenu ; rendre vide. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de viner.

Where the eye mixes vider and vine

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
vider
4 ch
vine

Why the eye confuses vider with vine

A purely visual mix-up. vider (\vi.de\) and vine (\vin\) 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 43945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vider is recorded at frequency rank #8,174, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.de\. vine is at rank #35,771, tagged as averb, pronounced \vin\.

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 43945, this pair ranks #214,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vider vs vine

Shared letters: eiv. Private to "vider": dr. Private to "vine": n.

"vider" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "vine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viderivder · vdier · vidder · viderr · vidre · viedr · vvider
  • vineivne · vien · vinne · vnie · vvine

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vider" and "vine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vi.de\ versus \vin\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vider" or "vine"?
"vider" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,174 in our French list, against #35,771 for "vine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #214,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vider" and "vine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vine 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 #214,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list