Which to use
“videur” and “viseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,062
- “videur” frequency rank
- #18,621
- “viseur” frequency rank
- 59683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | videur | viseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne vigoureuse chargée d’expulser, ou de filtrer à l’entrée, les personnes indésirables dans certains lieux publics (établissements de nuit, cabarets, bals, réunions politiques). | Partie d’une arme servant à viser. |
Where the eye mixes videur and viseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. videur and viseur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: videur vs viseur
A purely visual mix-up. videur (\vi.dœʁ\) and viseur (\vi.zœʁ\) 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 a single letter - d in “videur” becomes s in “viseur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
videur is recorded at frequency rank #41,062, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.dœʁ\. viseur is at rank #18,621, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.zœʁ\.
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 59683, this pair ranks #101,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of videur vs viseur
Shared letters: eiruv. Private to "videur": d. Private to "viseur": s.
"videur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "viseur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "videur" for "viseur" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "videur" and "viseur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "videur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "viseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "videur" and "viseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vibreur vs videur". 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 #101,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.