Which to use
“virage” and “visages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,920
- “virage” frequency rank
- #6,147
- “visages” frequency rank
- 14067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virage | visages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de faire tourner un véhicule, un avion, etc. | Pluriel de visage. |
Where the eye mixes virage and visages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. virage runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against visages's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between virage and visages
A purely visual mix-up. virage (\vi.ʁaʒ\) 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 14067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virage is recorded at frequency rank #7,920, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁaʒ\. 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 14067, this pair ranks #398,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of virage vs visages
Shared letters: aegiv. Private to "virage": r. Private to "visages": s.
"virage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "visages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virage" for "visages" ever safe?
Frequency check: "virage" vs "visages" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "virage" 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 #398,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virage" and "visages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virage vs volage". 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 #398,328 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.