Which to use
“visées” is a noun and “visitées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,293
- “visées” frequency rank
- #35,327
- “visitées” frequency rank
- 48620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visées | visitées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visée. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de visiter. |
Where the eye mixes visées and visitées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. visées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against visitées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between visées and visitées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visées is \vi.ze\ while visitées is \vi.zi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48620, 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\. visitées is at rank #35,327, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.te\.
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 48620, this pair ranks #177,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visées vs visitées
Shared letters: eisvé. Private to "visées": -. Private to "visitées": t.
"visées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "visitées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visées" and "visitées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "visées" vs "visitées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "visées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visées" and "visitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visitée vs visitées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #177,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.