Which to use
“virée” is a noun and “virer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,773
- “virée” frequency rank
- #5,715
- “virer” frequency rank
- 22488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virée | virer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sortie dans un but de promenade ou d’amusement. | Aller en tournant. |
Same sound, different letters: virée vs virer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: virée and virer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vi.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22488, 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\. virer is at rank #5,715, tagged as averb, 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 22488, this pair ranks #357,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of virée vs virer
Shared letters: eirv. Private to "virée": é. Private to "virer": -.
"virée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "virer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- virer ← ivrer · vierr · virerr · virre · virrer · vrier · vvirer