Which to use
“vigan” and “visas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #50,000
- “vigan” frequency rank
- #20,602
- “visas” frequency rank
- 70602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vigan | visas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gros drap de laine foulée, de faible qualité, ni tondu, ni peigné, il contenait 960 fils de chaîne pour une largeur de 3/4 d'aune. | Pluriel de visa. |
Where the eye mixes vigan and visas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vigan and visas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses vigan with visas
A purely visual mix-up. vigan (\vi.ɡɑ̃\) and visas (\vi.za\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vigan is recorded at frequency rank #50,000, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ɡɑ̃\. visas is at rank #20,602, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.za\.
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 70602, this pair ranks #50,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vigan vs visas
Shared letters: aiv. Private to "vigan": gn. Private to "visas": s.
"vigan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vigan" and "visas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vigan" or "visas"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "vigan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vigan" and "visas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigan vs vlan". 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 #50,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.