Which to use
“virée” is a noun and “virez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,773
- “virée” frequency rank
- #42,116
- “virez” frequency rank
- 58889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virée | virez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sortie dans un but de promenade ou d’amusement. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de virer. |
Same sound, different letters: virée vs virez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. virée (CVCVV) and virez (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - virée and virez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: virée and virez 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 58889, 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\. virez is at rank #42,116, 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 58889, this pair ranks #106,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virée vs virez
Shared letters: eirv. Private to "virée": é. Private to "virez": z.
"virée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "virez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- virez ← ivrez · vierz · virezz · virrez · virze · vriez · vvirez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virée" for "virez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "virée" vs "virez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "virée" / "virez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "virée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virée" and "virez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs virez". 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 #106,300 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.