Which to use
“viser” and “visez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,945
- “viser” frequency rank
- #47,098
- “visez” frequency rank
- 56043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viser | visez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mirer, diriger attentivement son regard ou une arme vers un but pour y lancer quelque chose. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser. |
Same sound, different letters: viser vs visez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. viser and visez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - viser / visez
This is the hard kind. viser and visez are pronounced identically (\vi.ze\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “viser” becomes z in “visez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viser is recorded at frequency rank #8,945, classified as averb, 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 56043, this pair ranks #123,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of viser vs visez
Shared letters: eisv. Private to "viser": r. Private to "visez": z.
"viser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "viser" and "visez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "viser" or "visez"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "viser" 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 #123,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viser" 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 #123,601 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.