vignesvsvisésConfusable pair

Which to use

“vignes” and “visés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,635
“vignes” frequency rank
#11,325
“visés” frequency rank
19960
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vignes visés
Definition Pluriel de vigne. Pluriel de visé.

Where the eye mixes vignes and visés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
vignes
5 ch
visés

Visual trap between vignes and visés

A purely visual mix-up. vignes (\viɲ\) and visés (\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 19960, 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\. visés is at rank #11,325, 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 19960, this pair ranks #370,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vignes vs visés

Shared letters: isv. Private to "vignes": egn. Private to "visés": é.

"vignes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vignesivgnes · vgines · vigens · viggnes · vigness · vignnes · vignse · vinges

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vignes" and "visés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\viɲ\ versus \vi.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vignes" or "visés"?
"vignes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,635 in our French list, against #11,325 for "visés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "visés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #370,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vignes" and "visés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs visés". 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 #370,658 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list