Which to use
“visas” and “visés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,602
- “visas” frequency rank
- #11,325
- “visés” frequency rank
- 31927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visas | visés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visa. | Pluriel de visé. |
Where the eye mixes visas and visés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: visas vs visés
A purely visual mix-up. visas (\vi.za\) 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 a single letter - a in “visas” becomes é in “visés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visas is recorded at frequency rank #20,602, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.za\. 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 31927, this pair ranks #300,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visas vs visés
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visas": a. Private to "visés": é.
"visas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visas ← ivsas · viass · visass · vissas · vsias · vvisas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visas" and "visés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "visas" or "visés" 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 "visas" 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 #300,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visas" and "visés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigan vs visas". 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 #300,675 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.