Which to use
“villages” and “visages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,426
- “villages” frequency rank
- #6,147
- “visages” frequency rank
- 9573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | villages | visages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de village. | Pluriel de visage. |
Where the eye mixes villages and visages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. villages runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against visages's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between villages and visages
A purely visual mix-up. villages (\vi.laʒ\) and visages (\vi.zaʒ\) 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 9573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
villages is recorded at frequency rank #3,426, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.laʒ\. visages is at rank #6,147, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.zaʒ\.
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 9573, this pair ranks #416,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of villages vs visages
Shared letters: aegisv. Private to "villages": l. Private to "visages": -.
"villages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "visages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "villages" and "visages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "villages" or "visages" show up more?
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 "villages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "villages" and "visages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visages vs visais". 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 #416,174 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.