Which to use
“vision” and “visions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,615
- “vision” frequency rank
- #9,575
- “visions” frequency rank
- 11190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vision | visions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, capacité de voir ; vue. | Pluriel de vision. |
Same sound, different letters: vision vs visions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - vision / visions
This is the hard kind. vision and visions are pronounced identically (\vi.zjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vision” sits inside “visions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11190, 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\. visions is at rank #9,575, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.zjɔ̃\.
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 11190, this pair ranks #410,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vision vs visions
Shared letters: inosv. Private to "vision": -. Private to "visions": -.
"vision" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "visions" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vision" and "visions" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vision" or "visions"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "vision" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vision" and "visions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visio vs visions". 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 #410,103 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.