Which to use
“virées” and “vivres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,258
- “virées” frequency rank
- #13,294
- “vivres” frequency rank
- 61552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virées | vivres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de virée. | Denrées destinées à l’approvisionnement alimentaire. |
Where the eye mixes virées and vivres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. virées (CVCVVC) and vivres (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses virées with vivres
A purely visual mix-up. virées (\vi.ʁe\) and vivres (\vivʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61552, 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\. vivres is at rank #13,294, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vivʁ\.
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 61552, this pair ranks #91,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virées vs vivres
Shared letters: eirsv. Private to "virées": é. Private to "vivres": -.
"virées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "vivres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vivres ← ivvres · virves · vivers · vivress · vivrres · vivrse · vivvres · vvires
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virées" for "vivres" ever safe?
Frequency check: "virées" vs "vivres" - 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 "vivres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virées" and "vivres" 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 #91,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.