Which to use
“visais” is a verb and “visons” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,207
- “visais” frequency rank
- #44,258
- “visons” frequency rank
- 87465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visais | visons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de viser. | Pluriel de vison. |
Where the eye mixes visais and visons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses visais with visons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visais is \vi.zɛ\ while visons is \vi.zɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 87465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visais is recorded at frequency rank #43,207, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.zɛ\. visons is at rank #44,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.zɔ̃\.
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 87465, this pair ranks #8,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visais vs visons
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visais": a. Private to "visons": no.
"visais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "visons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visais" for "visons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "visais" vs "visons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "visais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visais" and "visons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visais vs vivrais". 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 #8,255 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.