visezvsvisitezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#47,098
“visez” frequency rank
#21,810
“visitez” frequency rank
68908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visez visitez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de visiter.

Where the eye mixes visez and visitez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
visez
7 ch
visitez

Visual trap between visez and visitez

A purely visual mix-up. visez (\vi.ze\) and visitez (\vi.zi.te\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68908, 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\. visitez is at rank #21,810, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.te\.

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 68908, this pair ranks #57,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of visez vs visitez

Shared letters: eisvz. Private to "visez": -. Private to "visitez": t.

"visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "visitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visezivsez · viesz · visezz · vissez · visze · vsiez · vvisez
  • visitezivsitez · viistez · visietz · visitezz · visittez · visitze · vissitez · vistiez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "visez" for "visitez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vi.ze\ versus \vi.zi.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "visez" or "visitez"?
"visitez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,810 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visitez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visez" and "visitez" 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 #57,247 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