Which to use
“visionnaire” and “visionnaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,590
- “visionnaire” frequency rank
- #40,077
- “visionnaires” frequency rank
- 57667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visionnaire | visionnaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a une vision extraordinairement exacte du futur. | Pluriel de visionnaire. |
Same sound, different letters: visionnaire vs visionnaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. visionnaire runs 11 letters (CVCVVCCVVCV) against visionnaires's 12 (CVCVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - visionnaire and visionnaires
This is the hard kind. visionnaire and visionnaires are pronounced identically (\vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “visionnaire” sits inside “visionnaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visionnaire is recorded at frequency rank #17,590, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\. visionnaires is at rank #40,077, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\.
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 57667, this pair ranks #113,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visionnaire vs visionnaires
Shared letters: aeinorsv. Private to "visionnaire": -. Private to "visionnaires": -.
"visionnaire" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVCV · "visionnaires" · 12 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visionnaire ← ivsionnaire · viisonnaire · visinonaire · visionaire · visionanire · visionnaier · visionnairre · visionnarie
- visionnaires ← ivsionnaires · viisonnaires · visinonaires · visionaires · visionanires · visionnaiers · visionnairess · visionnairres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visionnaire" for "visionnaires" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "visionnaire" or "visionnaires" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "visionnaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visionnaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visionnaire" and "visionnaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visionnage vs visionnaire". 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 #113,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.