Which to use
“virées” and “vires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,258
- “virées” frequency rank
- #43,722
- “vires” frequency rank
- 91980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virées | vires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de virée. | Pluriel de vire. |
Where the eye mixes virées and vires
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. virées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against vires's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: virées vs vires
A purely visual mix-up. virées (\vi.ʁe\) and vires (\viʁ\) 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 91980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virées is recorded at frequency rank #48,258, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁe\. vires is at rank #43,722, tagged as anoun, pronounced \viʁ\.
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 91980, this pair ranks #3,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virées vs vires
Shared letters: eirsv. Private to "virées": é. Private to "vires": -.
"virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "vires" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vires ← viers · viress · virres · virse · vries
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "virées" and "vires" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "virées" vs "vires" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "virées" and "vires" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "virées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virées" and "vires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs vouées". 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 #3,373 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.