visionnévsvisionnerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: visionné is a adjective, visionner is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#35,773
“visionné” frequency rank
#20,890
“visionner” frequency rank
56663
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visionné visionner
Definition Regardé, vu, en parlant d’une vidéo, d'un film. Regarder avec attention, une série d’images, de documents ou le déroulement d’un film.

Same sound, different letters: visionné vs visionner

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. visionné runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against visionner's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
visionné
9 ch
visionner

Same sound, different spelling - visionné / visionner

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: visionné and visionner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vi.zjɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visionné is recorded at frequency rank #35,773, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.zjɔ.ne\. visionner is at rank #20,890, tagged as averb, 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 56663, this pair ranks #119,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visionné vs visionner

Shared letters: inosv. Private to "visionné": é. Private to "visionner": er.

"visionné" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "visionner" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visionner ← ivsionner · viisonner · visinoner · visionenr · visioner · visionnerr · visionnre · visoinner

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "visionné" for "visionner" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visionné" is an adjective and "visionner" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "visionné" vs "visionner" - which ranks higher?
"visionner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,890 in our French list, against #35,773 for "visionné". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"visionné" and "visionner" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visionné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visionner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #119,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visionné" and "visionner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visionné vs Vivienne". 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 #119,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list