Which to use
“visez” and “volez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,098
- “visez” frequency rank
- #43,727
- “volez” frequency rank
- 90825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visez | volez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de viser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler. |
Where the eye mixes visez and volez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. visez and volez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between visez and volez
A purely visual mix-up. visez (\vi.ze\) and volez (\vɔ.le\) 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 90825, 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\. volez is at rank #43,727, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.le\.
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 90825, this pair ranks #4,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visez vs volez
Shared letters: evz. Private to "visez": is. Private to "volez": lo.
"visez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "volez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visez" for "volez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "visez" or "volez"?
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 "volez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visez" and "volez" 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 #4,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.