visésvsvuesConfusable pair

Which to use

“visés” and “vues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,325
“visés” frequency rank
#3,304
“vues” frequency rank
14629
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visés vues
Definition Pluriel de visé. Pluriel de vue.

Where the eye mixes visés and vues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
visés
4 ch
vues

Look-alike desk: visés vs vues

A purely visual mix-up. visés (\vi.ze\) and vues (\vy\) 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 14629, 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\. vues is at rank #3,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vy\.

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 14629, this pair ranks #395,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of visés vs vues

Shared letters: sv. Private to "visés": . Private to "vues": eu.

"visés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "vues" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vuesuves · veus · vuess · vuse · vvues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visés" and "vues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vi.ze\ versus \vy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "visés" vs "vues" - which ranks higher?
"vues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,304 in our French list, against #11,325 for "visés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #395,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visés" and "vues" 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 #395,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list