Which to use
“visées” is a noun and “visez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,293
- “visées” frequency rank
- #47,098
- “visez” frequency rank
- 60391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visées | visez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser. |
Same sound, different letters: visées vs visez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. visées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against visez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: visées vs visez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: visées 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 60391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visées is recorded at frequency rank #13,293, 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 60391, this pair ranks #97,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visées vs visez
Shared letters: eisv. Private to "visées": é. Private to "visez": z.
"visées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visez ← ivsez · viesz · visezz · vissez · visze · vsiez · vvisez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visées" and "visez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "visées" vs "visez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"visées" and "visez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "visées" 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 #97,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visées" 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 #97,851 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.