Which to use
“vigile” and “vigne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,888
- “vigile” frequency rank
- #9,252
- “vigne” frequency rank
- 30140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vigile | vigne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne (homme ou femme) chargée d’une fonction de surveillance, de sécurité, le plus souvent dans des locaux commerciaux, industriels (pour une femme, on dira aussi femme vigile). | Plante à tige ligneuse et ordinairement tortue, qui produit le raisin dont on fait le vin. |
Where the eye mixes vigile and vigne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vigile vs vigne
A purely visual mix-up. vigile (\vi.ʒil\) and vigne (\viɲ\) 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 30140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vigile is recorded at frequency rank #20,888, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʒil\. vigne is at rank #9,252, tagged as anoun, pronounced \viɲ\.
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 30140, this pair ranks #312,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vigile vs vigne
Shared letters: egiv. Private to "vigile": l. Private to "vigne": n.
"vigile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vigne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vigile" for "vigne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vigile" or "vigne"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vigile" and "vigne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vigile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vigne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vigile" and "vigne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigan vs vigne". 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 #312,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.