Which to use
“vison” and “visons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,204
- “vison” frequency rank
- #44,258
- “visons” frequency rank
- 80462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vison | visons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de petit mammifère de la famille des mustélidés, dont la fourrure est très estimée. | Pluriel de vison. |
Same sound, different letters: vison vs visons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - vison and visons
This is the hard kind. vison and visons are pronounced identically (\vi.zɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vison” sits inside “visons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vison is recorded at frequency rank #36,204, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.zɔ̃\. visons is at rank #44,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.zɔ̃\.
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 80462, this pair ranks #20,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vison vs visons
Shared letters: inosv. Private to "vison": -. Private to "visons": -.
"vison" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vison" and "visons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vison" or "visons" show up more?
After this comparison
"vison" and "visons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "vison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vison" and "visons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visais vs visons". 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 #20,850 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.