visitvsvisitésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“visit” and “visités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,724
“visit” frequency rank
#22,733
“visités” frequency rank
66457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visit visités
Definition Rendre visite (à un particulier). Participe passé masculin pluriel de visiter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visit and visités apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
visit
7 ch
visités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. visit (\ˈvɪz.ɪt\) and visités (\vi.zi.te\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “visit” sits inside “visités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66457, 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\. visités is at rank #22,733, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.te\.

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 66457, this pair ranks #67,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of visit vs visités

Shared letters: istv. Private to "visit": -. Private to "visités": é.

"visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "visités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitivsit · viist · visitt · vissit · visti · vsiit · vvisit

Frequency comparison

visit#43,724
visités#22,733

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visit" and "visités" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ˈvɪz.ɪt\ versus \vi.zi.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "visit" or "visités"?
"visités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,733 in our French list, against #43,724 for "visit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering visit vs visités

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “visit” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list