Which to use
“visée” is a noun and “visez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,095
- “visée” frequency rank
- #47,098
- “visez” frequency rank
- 56193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visée | visez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de diriger la vue, direction donnée au regard vers un but que l’on veut atteindre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser. |
Same sound, different letters: visée vs visez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. visée (CVCVV) and visez (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: visée vs visez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: visée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visée is recorded at frequency rank #9,095, 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 56193, this pair ranks #122,627 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visée vs visez
Shared letters: eisv. Private to "visée": é. Private to "visez": z.
"visée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visez ← ivsez · viesz · visezz · vissez · visze · vsiez · vvisez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visée" and "visez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "visée" or "visez"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "visée" 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 #122,627 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visée" 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 #122,627 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.