Which to use
“visita” and “visiter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,682
- “visita” frequency rank
- #3,372
- “visiter” frequency rank
- 46054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visita | visiter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de visiter. | Aller voir en détail une ville, un monument, un musée, par dévotion ou par curiosité. |
Where the eye mixes visita and visiter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. visita runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against visiter's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: visita vs visiter
A purely visual mix-up. visita (\vi.zi.ta\) and visiter (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visita is recorded at frequency rank #42,682, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.ta\. visiter is at rank #3,372, 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 46054, this pair ranks #197,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visita vs visiter
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visita": a. Private to "visiter": er.
"visita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "visiter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visita" for "visiter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "visita" or "visiter"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "visita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visiter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visita" and "visiter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visita vs visitait". 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 #197,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.