Which to use
“virages” and “visage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,429
- “virages” frequency rank
- #1,152
- “visage” frequency rank
- 20581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virages | visage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de virage. | Face humaine ; partie antérieure de la tête, qui comprend le front, les yeux, le nez, les joues, la bouche, le menton et les oreilles. |
Where the eye mixes virages and visage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. virages runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against visage's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses virages with visage
A purely visual mix-up. virages (\vi.ʁaʒ\) and visage (\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 20581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virages is recorded at frequency rank #19,429, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁaʒ\. visage is at rank #1,152, 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 20581, this pair ranks #367,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of virages vs visage
Shared letters: aegisv. Private to "virages": r. Private to "visage": -.
"virages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "visage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "virages" and "visage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "virages" vs "visage" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "virages" and "visage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "virages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virages" and "visage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virages vs virées". 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 #367,538 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.