Which to use
“visées” and “visons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,293
- “visées” frequency rank
- #44,258
- “visons” frequency rank
- 57551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visées | visons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visée. | Pluriel de vison. |
Where the eye mixes visées and visons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. visées (CVCVVC) and visons (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses visées with visons
A purely visual mix-up. visées (\vi.ze\) and visons (\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 57551, 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\. visons is at rank #44,258, 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 57551, this pair ranks #114,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visées vs visons
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visées": eé. Private to "visons": no.
"visées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "visons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visons ← ivsons · viosns · visnos · visonns · visonss · visosn · vissons · vsions
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visées" and "visons" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "visées" or "visons" show up more?
After this comparison
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 "visons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visées" and "visons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visais vs visons". 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 #114,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.