Which to use
“visés” and “visons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,325
- “visés” frequency rank
- #44,258
- “visons” frequency rank
- 55583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visés | visons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visé. | Pluriel de vison. |
Where the eye mixes visés and visons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between visés and visons
A purely visual mix-up. visés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55583, 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\. 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 55583, this pair ranks #126,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visés vs visons
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visés": é. Private to "visons": no.
"visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visons ← ivsons · viosns · visnos · visonns · visonss · visosn · vissons · vsions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visés" for "visons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "visés" vs "visons" - 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 "visés" 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 #126,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visés" 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 #126,556 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.