Which to use
“vignes” and “virées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,635
- “vignes” frequency rank
- #48,258
- “virées” frequency rank
- 56893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vignes | virées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de vigne. | Pluriel de virée. |
Where the eye mixes vignes and virées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vignes (CVCCVC) and virées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: vignes vs virées
A purely visual mix-up. vignes (\viɲ\) and virées (\vi.ʁe\) 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 56893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vignes is recorded at frequency rank #8,635, classified as anoun, pronounced \viɲ\. virées is at rank #48,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁe\.
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 56893, this pair ranks #118,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vignes vs virées
Shared letters: eisv. Private to "vignes": gn. Private to "virées": ré.
"vignes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vignes ← ivgnes · vgines · vigens · viggnes · vigness · vignnes · vignse · vinges
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vignes" and "virées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vignes" or "virées"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vignes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vignes" and "virées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs vouées". 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 #118,286 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.