viréesvsvisésWhich spelling fits?

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“virées” and “visés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,258
“virées” frequency rank
#11,325
“visés” frequency rank
59583
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature virées visés
Definition Pluriel de virée. Pluriel de visé.

Where the eye mixes virées and visés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. virées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against visés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
virées
5 ch
visés

Why the eye confuses virées with visés

A purely visual mix-up. virées (\vi.ʁe\) and visés (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59583, 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\. visés is at rank #11,325, 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 59583, this pair ranks #102,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of virées vs visés

Shared letters: isvé. Private to "virées": er. Private to "visés": -.

"virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "virées" and "visés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vi.ʁe\ versus \vi.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "virées" vs "visés" - which ranks higher?
"visés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,325 in our French list, against #48,258 for "virées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "virées" and "visés" 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 "visés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "virées" and "visés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs vouées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #102,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list