visionvsvisionnéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: vision is a noun, visionné is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vision” is a noun and “visionné” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,615
“vision” frequency rank
#35,773
“visionné” frequency rank
37388
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vision visionné
Definition Action, capacité de voir ; vue. Regardé, vu, en parlant d’une vidéo, d'un film.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vision and visionné apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
vision
8 ch
visionné

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vision is \vi.zjɔ̃\ while visionné is \vi.zjɔ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “vision” sits inside “visionné”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vision is recorded at frequency rank #1,615, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.zjɔ̃\. visionné is at rank #35,773, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.zjɔ.ne\.

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 37388, this pair ranks #262,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vision vs visionné

Shared letters: inosv. Private to "vision": -. Private to "visionné": é.

"vision" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "visionné" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visionivsion · viison · visino · visionn · visoin · vission · vsiion · vvision

Frequency comparison

vision#1,615
visionné#35,773

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vision" and "visionné" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vision" is a noun and "visionné" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vision" or "visionné"?
"vision" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,615 in our French list, against #35,773 for "visionné". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering vision vs visionné

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “vision”; for an adjective, it's “visionné”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “vision” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list