Which to use
“vies” and “visée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,049
- “vies” frequency rank
- #9,095
- “visée” frequency rank
- 12144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vies | visée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de vie. | Action de diriger la vue, direction donnée au regard vers un but que l’on veut atteindre. |
Where the eye mixes vies and visée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vies runs 4 letters (CVVC) against visée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vies vs visée
A purely visual mix-up. vies (\vi\) and visée (\vi.ze\) 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 12144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vies is recorded at frequency rank #3,049, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi\. visée is at rank #9,095, 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 12144, this pair ranks #406,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vies vs visée
Shared letters: eisv. Private to "vies": -. Private to "visée": é.
"vies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "visée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vies ← veis · viess · vise · vvies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vies" and "visée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vies" vs "visée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vies" and "visée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vies" and "visée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs visée". 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 #406,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.