Which to use
“vieillir” and “vieillit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,821
- “vieillir” frequency rank
- #20,887
- “vieillit” frequency rank
- 35708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vieillir | vieillit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Devenir vieux. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de vieillir. |
Where the eye mixes vieillir and vieillit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. vieillir and vieillit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between vieillir and vieillit
A purely visual mix-up. vieillir (\vje.jiʁ\) and vieillit (\vjɛ.ji\) 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 - r in “vieillir” becomes t in “vieillit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vieillir is recorded at frequency rank #14,821, classified as averb, pronounced \vje.jiʁ\. vieillit is at rank #20,887, tagged as averb, pronounced \vjɛ.ji\.
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 35708, this pair ranks #274,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vieillir vs vieillit
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "vieillir": r. Private to "vieillit": t.
"vieillir" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "vieillit" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vieillir" and "vieillit" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vieillir" vs "vieillit" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "vieillir" and "vieillit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vieillir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vieillit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vieillir" and "vieillit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veillait vs vieillit". 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 #274,815 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.