Which to use
“virer” and “virez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,715
- “virer” frequency rank
- #42,116
- “virez” frequency rank
- 47831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virer | virez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aller en tournant. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de virer. |
Same sound, different letters: virer vs virez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - virer / virez
This is the hard kind. virer and virez are pronounced identically (\vi.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “virer” becomes z in “virez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virer is recorded at frequency rank #5,715, classified as averb, 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 47831, this pair ranks #183,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of virer vs virez
Shared letters: eirv. Private to "virer": -. Private to "virez": z.
"virer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "virez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virer" for "virez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "virer" vs "virez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"virer" and "virez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "virer" 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 #183,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virer" and "virez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs virez". 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 #183,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.