Which to use
“visite” is a noun and “visitées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,080
- “visite” frequency rank
- #35,327
- “visitées” frequency rank
- 36407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visite | visitées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’aller voir quelqu’un par civilité ou par devoir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de visiter. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visite and visitées apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visite is \vi.zit\ while visitées is \vi.zi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visite is recorded at frequency rank #1,080, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.zit\. visitées is at rank #35,327, 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 36407, this pair ranks #269,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visite vs visitées
Shared letters: eistv. Private to "visite": -. Private to "visitées": é.
"visite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "visitées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visite ← ivsite · viiste · visiet · visitte · vissite · vistie · vsiite · vvisite
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visite" and "visitées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "visite" or "visitées"?
Remembering visite vs visitées
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “visite”; for a verb, it's “visitées”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “visite” entry
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