Which to use
“violés” is a verb and “visées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,651
- “violés” frequency rank
- #13,293
- “visées” frequency rank
- 49944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violés | visées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de violer. | Pluriel de visée. |
Where the eye mixes violés and visées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. violés (CVVCVC) and visées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses violés with visées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violés is \vjɔ.le\ while visées is \vi.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violés is recorded at frequency rank #36,651, classified as averb, pronounced \vjɔ.le\. visées is at rank #13,293, 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 49944, this pair ranks #166,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violés vs visées
Shared letters: isvé. Private to "violés": lo. Private to "visées": e.
"violés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "visées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violés" and "visées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "violés" vs "visées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "violés" and "visées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "violés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violés" and "visées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violés vs virées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #166,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.