Which to use
“vis” and “vista” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #993
- “vis” frequency rank
- #18,906
- “vista” frequency rank
- 19899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vis | vista |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Clairvoyance de la stratégie du jeu et du sens du dribble. |
Letter map: vis vs vista
Shared letters muted; letters that set vis and vista apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - vis / vista
vis and vista are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “vis” sits inside “vista”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vis is recorded at frequency rank #993, classified as anoun, pronounced \vis\. vista is at rank #18,906, tagged as anoun.
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 19899, this pair ranks #370,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vis vs vista
Shared letters: isv. Private to "vis": -. Private to "vista": at.
"vis" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vista" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vista ← ivsta · visat · vissta · vistta · vitsa · vsita · vvista
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vis" and "vista" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vis" or "vista"?
What to do next
Pair "vis" vs "vista" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "vis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vis" and "vista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez vs vista". 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 #370,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.