visévsvisezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: visé is a noun, visez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visé” is a noun and “visez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,909
“visé” frequency rank
#47,098
“visez” frequency rank
54007
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visé visez
Definition Fait de viser. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser.

Same sound, different letters: visé vs visez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.

4 ch
visé
5 ch
visez

Same sound, different spelling - visé / visez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: visé and visez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vi.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visé is recorded at frequency rank #6,909, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ze\. visez is at rank #47,098, tagged as averb, 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 54007, this pair ranks #136,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visé vs visez

Shared letters: isv. Private to "visé": é. Private to "visez": ez.

"visé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visezivsez · viesz · visezz · vissez · visze · vsiez · vvisez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "visé" for "visez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visé" is a noun and "visez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visé" or "visez"?
"visé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,909 in our French list, against #47,098 for "visez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "visé" / "visez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visé" and "visez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez vs vivrez". 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 #136,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list