Which to use
“visés” is a noun and “visez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,325
- “visés” frequency rank
- #47,098
- “visez” frequency rank
- 58423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visés | visez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser. |
Same sound, different letters: visés vs visez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. visés and visez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - visés and visez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: visés 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 58423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visés is recorded at frequency rank #11,325, 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 58423, this pair ranks #109,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visés vs visez
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visés": é. Private to "visez": ez.
"visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visez ← ivsez · viesz · visezz · vissez · visze · vsiez · vvisez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "visés" / "visez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "visés" 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 #109,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visés" 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 #109,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.