Which to use
“virée” and “virées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,773
- “virée” frequency rank
- #48,258
- “virées” frequency rank
- 65031
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virée | virées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sortie dans un but de promenade ou d’amusement. | Pluriel de virée. |
Same sound, different letters: virée vs virées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. virée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against virées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - virée / virées
This is the hard kind. virée and virées are pronounced identically (\vi.ʁe\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “virée” sits inside “virées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virée is recorded at frequency rank #16,773, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁe\. virées is at rank #48,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁe\.
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 65031, this pair ranks #74,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virée vs virées
Shared letters: eirvé. Private to "virée": -. Private to "virées": s.
"virée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virée" for "virées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "virée" or "virées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "virée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virée" and "virées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs vouées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #74,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.