Which to use
“visit” and “visita” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,724
- “visit” frequency rank
- #42,682
- “visita” frequency rank
- 86406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visit | visita |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre visite (à un particulier). | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de visiter. |
Where the eye mixes visit and visita
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: visit vs visita
A purely visual mix-up. visit (\ˈvɪz.ɪt\) and visita (\vi.zi.ta\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “visit” sits inside “visita”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visit is recorded at frequency rank #43,724, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈvɪz.ɪt\. visita is at rank #42,682, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.ta\.
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 86406, this pair ranks #9,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visit vs visita
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visit": -. Private to "visita": a.
"visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "visit" and "visita" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "visit" or "visita"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "visit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visit" and "visita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez vs visit". 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 #9,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.