voile
/vɔɪl/
"voile" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“voile” is uncommon English (frequency #95,589 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,589
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
Corpus desk
Index EN-voile · voile · English
voile · rank #95,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,589
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH viscoelastic
Nearest frequency peer: viscoelastic (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “voile”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vindaloo
vindaloo
4,417 corpus weight
- vinyasa
vinyasa
4,415 corpus weight
- viscoelastic
viscoelastic
4,414 corpus weight
- voile
voile
4,412 corpus weight
- Vyas
Vyas
4,409 corpus weight
- Wakayama
Wakayama
4,406 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “voile” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɔɪl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “voile” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
voile is uncommon English at frequency #95,589 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɔɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for voile in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French voile (“veil”). Doublet of veil and velum. The correct English form is voile, spelled V-O-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how voile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The domestic voile made from imported gray yarns and woven in the United States is the best combination to be had.
Cheap narrow voiles.—Plain color voiles practically are off the market.[…]Better grades of voiles usually come in the 39-inch width,[…].
Etymology
Borrowed from French voile (“veil”). Doublet of veil and velum.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.