Which to use
“visages” is a noun and “visités” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,147
- “visages” frequency rank
- #22,733
- “visités” frequency rank
- 28880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visages | visités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visage. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de visiter. |
Where the eye mixes visages and visités
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. visages and visités follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses visages with visités
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visages is \vi.zaʒ\ while visités is \vi.zi.te\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28880, 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\. visités is at rank #22,733, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.te\.
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 28880, this pair ranks #320,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visages vs visités
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visages": aeg. Private to "visités": té.
"visages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "visités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visages ← ivsages · viasges · visaegs · visagess · visagges · visagse · visgaes · vissages
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visages" and "visités" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "visages" or "visités" show up more?
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 "visités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visages" and "visités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visit vs visités". 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 #320,076 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.