Which to use
“visés” and “voies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,325
- “visés” frequency rank
- #2,398
- “voies” frequency rank
- 13723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visés | voies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de visé. | Pluriel de voie. |
Where the eye mixes visés and voies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. visés (CVCVC) and voies (CVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between visés and voies
A purely visual mix-up. visés (\vi.ze\) and voies (\vwa\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13723, 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\. voies is at rank #2,398, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vwa\.
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 13723, this pair ranks #399,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of visés vs voies
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visés": é. Private to "voies": eo.
"visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "voies" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voies ← ovies · vioes · voeis · voiess · voise · vvoies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visés" for "voies" ever safe?
Which is more common, "visés" or "voies"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "visés" and "voies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "visés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visés" and "voies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virées vs visés". 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 #399,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.