Which to use
“visait” and “voyait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,174
- “visait” frequency rank
- #4,634
- “voyait” frequency rank
- 18808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visait | voyait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de viser. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de voir. |
Where the eye mixes visait and voyait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. visait (CVCVVC) and voyait (CVVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: visait vs voyait
A purely visual mix-up. visait (\vi.zɛ\) and voyait (\vwa.jɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visait is recorded at frequency rank #14,174, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.zɛ\. voyait is at rank #4,634, tagged as averb, pronounced \vwa.jɛ\.
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 18808, this pair ranks #376,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of visait vs voyait
Shared letters: aitv. Private to "visait": s. Private to "voyait": oy.
"visait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voyait" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visait" and "voyait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "visait" vs "voyait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "visait" and "voyait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "visait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voyait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visait" and "voyait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visait vs visitait". 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 #376,476 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.