Which to use
“virement” and “virements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,508
- “virement” frequency rank
- #30,022
- “virements” frequency rank
- 46530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virement | virements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de virer. | Pluriel de virement. |
Same sound, different letters: virement vs virements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. virement runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against virements's 9 (CVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: virement vs virements
This is the hard kind. virement and virements are pronounced identically (\viʁ.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “virement” sits inside “virements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virement is recorded at frequency rank #16,508, classified as anoun, pronounced \viʁ.mɑ̃\. virements is at rank #30,022, tagged as anoun, pronounced \viʁ.mɑ̃\.
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 46530, this pair ranks #194,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of virement vs virements
Shared letters: eimnrtv. Private to "virement": -. Private to "virements": s.
"virement" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "virements" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "virement" and "virements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "virement" or "virements"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "virement" / "virements". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "virement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virement" and "virements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virements vs virulents". 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 #194,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.