Versailles

Name: Versailles, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/vɛəˈsaɪ/

//vɛəˈsaɪ// name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Versailles” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,261
frequency rank, English: 969
“V” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

Corpus desk

Index EN-versailles · Versailles · English

Versailles · rank #20,261 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,261
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 969
PHOTO-FINISH ventured

Nearest frequency peer: ventured (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

uptake

79,743
vantage

79,742
ventured

79,741
Versailles

79,740
waldo

79,738
waller

79,737

What this shows “Versailles” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for Versailles
Property	Value
Headword	Versailles
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	/vɛəˈsaɪ/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#20,261
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Versailles”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Versailleslands here:

#20,261

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “ventured” (#20,260), “vantage” (#20,259), “waldo” (#20,263). Among 969 “V” headwords, “Versailles” is #20,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Versailles (IPA /vɛəˈsaɪ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,261 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Versailles, with forms such as "evrsailles", "verasilles", and "verrsailles". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”). The correct English form is Versailles, spelled V-E-R-S-A-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

1
A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
2
The Palace of Versailles.
3
The Treaty of Versailles (1919).

Etymology

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).

This word in other languages

Versalles(Español)Versailles(Français)Versailles(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

evrsailles
verasilles
verrsailles
versailels
versailes
versailless
versaillse
versaliles
versialles
verssailles
vesrailles
vresailles
vversailles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Versailles - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Versailles"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Versailles"?

"Versailles" is spelled V-E-R-S-A-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /vɛəˈsaɪ/.

What does "Versailles" mean?

As a proper noun, "Versailles" means: A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

What are common misspellings of "Versailles"?

Common misspellings include "evrsailles", "verasilles", "verrsailles", "versailels", "versailes". The correct spelling is "Versailles".

How do you pronounce "Versailles"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Versailles" is /vɛəˈsaɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "Versailles"?

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Same letter count

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