Which to use
“vider” is a verb and “visé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,174
- “vider” frequency rank
- #6,909
- “visé” frequency rank
- 15083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vider | visé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retirer d’un récipient ou de quelque lieu ce qui y était contenu ; rendre vide. | Fait de viser. |
Where the eye mixes vider and visé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between vider and visé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vider is \vi.de\ while visé is \vi.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15083, 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\. visé is at rank #6,909, tagged as anoun, 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 15083, this pair ranks #393,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vider vs visé
Shared letters: iv. Private to "vider": der. Private to "visé": sé.
"vider" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vider ← ivder · vdier · vidder · viderr · vidre · viedr · vvider
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vider" for "visé" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vider" or "visé"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vider" and "visé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vider" and "visé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vider vs vilar". 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 #393,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.