virezvsvisésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: virez is a verb, visés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“virez” is a verb and “visés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,116
“virez” frequency rank
#11,325
“visés” frequency rank
53441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature virez visés
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de virer. Pluriel de visé.

Where the eye mixes virez and visés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
virez
5 ch
visés

Visual trap between virez and visés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: virez is \vi.ʁe\ while visés is \vi.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

virez is recorded at frequency rank #42,116, classified as averb, 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 53441, this pair ranks #140,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of virez vs visés

Shared letters: iv. Private to "virez": erz. Private to "visés": .

"virez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • virezivrez · vierz · virezz · virrez · virze · vriez · vvirez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "virez" for "visés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "virez" is a verb and "visés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "virez" or "visés"?
"visés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,325 in our French list, against #42,116 for "virez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "virez" 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 #140,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "virez" and "visés" 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 #140,718 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