Which to use
“vigie” and “viole” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,094
- “vigie” frequency rank
- #13,489
- “viole” frequency rank
- 51583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vigie | viole |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sentinelle, marin qui surveille les alentours. | Instrument de musique à six ou sept cordes, dont on joue avec un archet. |
Where the eye mixes vigie and viole
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vigie (CVCVV) and viole (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: vigie vs viole
A purely visual mix-up. vigie (\vi.ʒi\) and viole (\vjɔl\) 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 51583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vigie is recorded at frequency rank #38,094, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʒi\. viole is at rank #13,489, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vjɔl\.
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 51583, this pair ranks #153,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vigie vs viole
Shared letters: eiv. Private to "vigie": g. Private to "viole": lo.
"vigie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "viole" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vigie" and "viole" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vigie" or "viole" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vigie" and "viole" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vigie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "viole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vigie" and "viole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigan vs vigie". 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 #153,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.