visitavsvisitezConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#42,682
“visita” frequency rank
#21,810
“visitez” frequency rank
64492
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visita visitez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de visiter. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de visiter.

Where the eye mixes visita and visitez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. visita runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against visitez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
visita
7 ch
visitez

Look-alike desk: visita vs visitez

A purely visual mix-up. visita (\vi.zi.ta\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64492, 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\. 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 64492, this pair ranks #76,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of visita vs visitez

Shared letters: istv. Private to "visita": a. Private to "visitez": ez.

"visita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "visitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitaivsita · viista · visitta · vissita · vistia · vsiita · vvisita
  • visitezivsitez · viistez · visietz · visitezz · visittez · visitze · vissitez · vistiez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visita" and "visitez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vi.zi.ta\ versus \vi.zi.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "visita" or "visitez" show up more?
"visitez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,810 in our French list, against #42,682 for "visita". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visita" 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 #76,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visita" and "visitez" 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 #76,806 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