Which to use
“visages” and “visés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,147
- “visages” frequency rank
- #11,325
- “visés” frequency rank
- 17472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visages | visés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visage. | Pluriel de visé. |
Where the eye mixes visages and visés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. visages runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against visés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: visages vs visés
A purely visual mix-up. visages (\vi.zaʒ\) and visés (\vi.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visages is recorded at frequency rank #6,147, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.zaʒ\. 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 17472, this pair ranks #383,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of visages vs visés
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visages": aeg. Private to "visés": é.
"visages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visages ← ivsages · viasges · visaegs · visagess · visagges · visagse · visgaes · vissages
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visages" and "visés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "visages" vs "visés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "visages" 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 #383,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visages" and "visés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs visés". 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 #383,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.