# Vincennes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /væ̃ˈsɛn/ · frequency rank #44,006

## Definitions
1. A city and commune of Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
2. A city, the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States.
3. A township in Knox County, Indiana.

## Etymology
From French Vincennes, ultimately from a Gaulish root. The US placename was named after François-Marie Bissot, Lord of Vincennes in France.

## Common misspellings (12)
`ivncennes`, `vicnennes`, `vinccennes`, `vincenens`, `vincenes`, `vincenness`, `vincennse`, `vincnenes`, `vinecnnes`, `vinncennes`, `vnicennes`, `vvincennes`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vincennes