Which to use
“visas” and “vison” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,602
- “visas” frequency rank
- #36,204
- “vison” frequency rank
- 56806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visas | vison |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visa. | Espèce de petit mammifère de la famille des mustélidés, dont la fourrure est très estimée. |
Where the eye mixes visas and vison
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. visas and vison follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses visas with vison
A purely visual mix-up. visas (\vi.za\) and vison (\vi.zɔ̃\) 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 56806, 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\. vison is at rank #36,204, 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 56806, this pair ranks #118,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visas vs vison
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visas": a. Private to "vison": no.
"visas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "vison" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visas" for "vison" ever safe?
Frequency check: "visas" vs "vison" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "visas" and "vison" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "visas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vison" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visas" and "vison" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigan vs vison". 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 #118,783 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.