Which to use
“virées” and “visées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,258
- “virées” frequency rank
- #13,293
- “visées” frequency rank
- 61551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virées | visées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de virée. | Pluriel de visée. |
Where the eye mixes virées and visées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. virées and visées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: virées vs visées
A purely visual mix-up. virées (\vi.ʁe\) and visées (\vi.ze\) 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 a single letter - r in “virées” becomes s in “visées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61551, 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\. visées is at rank #13,293, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ze\.
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 61551, this pair ranks #91,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virées vs visées
Shared letters: eisvé. Private to "virées": r. Private to "visées": -.
"virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "visées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virées" for "visées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "virées" vs "visées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "virées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virées" and "visées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs vouées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #91,650 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.