Which to use
“vision” and “visite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,615
- “vision” frequency rank
- #1,080
- “visite” frequency rank
- 2695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vision | visite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action, capacité de voir ; vue. | Action d’aller voir quelqu’un par civilité ou par devoir. |
Where the eye mixes vision and visite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses vision with visite
A purely visual mix-up. vision (\vi.zjɔ̃\) and visite (\vi.zit\) 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 2695, 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\. visite is at rank #1,080, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.zit\.
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 2695, this pair ranks #435,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vision vs visite
Shared letters: isv. Private to "vision": no. Private to "visite": et.
"vision" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "visite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vision" and "visite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vision" or "visite" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vision" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vision" and "visite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visio vs vision". 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 #435,644 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.