visiteurvsvisitezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: visiteur is a noun, visitez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visiteur” is a noun and “visitez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,940
“visiteur” frequency rank
#21,810
“visitez” frequency rank
31750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visiteur visitez
Definition Celui qui va voir quelqu’un ou quelque chose. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de visiter.

Where the eye mixes visiteur and visitez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
visiteur
7 ch
visitez

Visual trap between visiteur and visitez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visiteur is \vi.zi.tœʁ\ while visitez is \vi.zi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 31750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visiteur is recorded at frequency rank #9,940, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.zi.tœʁ\. 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 31750, this pair ranks #301,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visiteur vs visitez

Shared letters: eistv. Private to "visiteur": ru. Private to "visitez": z.

"visiteur" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "visitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visiteurivsiteur · viisteur · visietur · visiteru · visiteurr · visitteur · visituer · vissiteur
  • visitezivsitez · viistez · visietz · visitezz · visittez · visitze · vissitez · vistiez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "visiteur" for "visitez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visiteur" is a noun and "visitez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visiteur" or "visitez"?
"visiteur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,940 in our French list, against #21,810 for "visitez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "visiteur" 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 #301,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visiteur" and "visitez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visez vs visitez". 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 #301,799 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