Which to use
“virées” is a noun and “virez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,258
- “virées” frequency rank
- #42,116
- “virez” frequency rank
- 90374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virées | virez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de virée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de virer. |
Same sound, different letters: virées vs virez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. virées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against virez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: virées vs virez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: virées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90374, 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\. 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 90374, this pair ranks #4,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virées vs virez
Shared letters: eirv. Private to "virées": sé. Private to "virez": z.
"virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "virez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- virez ← ivrez · vierz · virezz · virrez · virze · vriez · vvirez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virées" for "virez" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"virées" and "virez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "virées" 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 #4,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virées" and "virez" 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 #4,842 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.