Which to use
“vis” is a noun and “visit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #993
- “vis” frequency rank
- #43,724
- “visit” frequency rank
- 44717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vis | visit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce mécanique formée d’un corps qui comporte un filet de forme hélicoïdale et une tête où une empreinte permet d’appliquer un couple ; il en résulte un double mouvement de rotation et de translation. En mécanique, elles sont souvent employées avec des écrous pour former des boulons. | Rendre visite (à un particulier). |
Where the eye mixes vis and visit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vis vs visit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vis is \vis\ while visit is \ˈvɪz.ɪt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “vis” sits inside “visit”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vis is recorded at frequency rank #993, classified as anoun, pronounced \vis\. visit is at rank #43,724, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈvɪz.ɪt\.
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 44717, this pair ranks #208,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vis vs visit
Shared letters: isv. Private to "vis": -. Private to "visit": t.
"vis" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visit ← ivsit · viist · visitt · vissit · visti · vsiit · vvisit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vis" and "visit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vis" or "visit"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vis" and "visit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez vs visit". 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 #208,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.