Which to use
“visitées” and “visitent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,327
- “visitées” frequency rank
- #23,064
- “visitent” frequency rank
- 58391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visitées | visitent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de visiter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de visiter. |
Where the eye mixes visitées and visitent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. visitées (CVCVCVVC) and visitent (CVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses visitées with visitent
A purely visual mix-up. visitées (\vi.zi.te\) and visitent (\vi.zit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visitées is recorded at frequency rank #35,327, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.zi.te\. visitent is at rank #23,064, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.zit\.
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 58391, this pair ranks #109,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visitées vs visitent
Shared letters: eistv. Private to "visitées": é. Private to "visitent": n.
"visitées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "visitent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visitent ← ivsitent · viistent · visietnt · visitennt · visitentt · visitetn · visitnet · visittent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visitées" for "visitent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "visitées" vs "visitent" - 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 "visitées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visitées" and "visitent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visitait vs visitent". 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 #109,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.