visezvsvisitWhich spelling fits?

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

#47,098
“visez” frequency rank
#43,724
“visit” frequency rank
90822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visez visit
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser. Rendre visite (à un particulier).

Where the eye mixes visez and visit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. visez and visit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
visez
5 ch
visit

Why the eye confuses visez with visit

A purely visual mix-up. visez (\vi.ze\) and visit (\ˈvɪz.ɪt\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visez is recorded at frequency rank #47,098, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.ze\. visit is at rank #43,724, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈvɪz.ɪt\.

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 90822, this pair ranks #4,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of visez vs visit

Shared letters: isv. Private to "visez": ez. Private to "visit": t.

"visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visez ← ivsez · viesz · visezz · vissez · visze · vsiez · vvisez
  • visit ← ivsit · viist · visitt · vissit · visti · vsiit · vvisit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visez" and "visit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vi.ze\ versus \ˈvɪz.ɪt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "visez" or "visit"?
"visit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,724 in our French list, against #47,098 for "visez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "visez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visez" and "visit" 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 #4,437 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