Which to use
“visit” and “visitez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,724
- “visit” frequency rank
- #21,810
- “visitez” frequency rank
- 65534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visit | visitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre visite (à un particulier). | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de visiter. |
Where the eye mixes visit and visitez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. visit runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against visitez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses visit with visitez
A purely visual mix-up. visit (\ˈvɪz.ɪt\) and visitez (\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 “visitez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65534, 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\. visitez is at rank #21,810, 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 65534, this pair ranks #71,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visit vs visitez
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visit": -. Private to "visitez": ez.
"visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visit" for "visitez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "visit" vs "visitez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "visit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visitez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visit" and "visitez" 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 #71,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.