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vau/Vaud/Vaulx/vaut/vaux/veau/veaux/vos

"vau" is a noun; "Vaud" is a name - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #3 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "vau" arrives as a noun, while "Vaud" is a name. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "vau" then splits - "vau" (3 letters) vs "Vaud" (4).
Shared stem "vau" then splits - "vau" (3 letters) vs "Vaulx" (5).
Shared stem "vau" then splits - "vau" (3 letters) vs "vaut" (4).
Shared stem "vau" then splits - "vau" (3 letters) vs "vaux" (4).
No shared spelling stem: "vau" is 3 letters, "veau" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "vau" is 3 letters, "veaux" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "vau" is 3 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "vau" then splits - "Vaud" (4 letters) vs "Vaulx" (5).
Single-letter fork: "Vaud" keeps d, "vaut" writes t at letter 4.
Single-letter fork: "Vaud" keeps d, "vaux" writes x at letter 4.
No shared spelling stem: "Vaud" is 4 letters, "veau" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "Vaud" is 4 letters, "veaux" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "Vaud" is 4 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "vau" then splits - "Vaulx" (5 letters) vs "vaut" (4).
Shared stem "vau" then splits - "Vaulx" (5 letters) vs "vaux" (4).
No shared spelling stem: "Vaulx" is 5 letters, "veau" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "Vaulx" is 5 letters, "veaux" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "Vaulx" is 5 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Single-letter fork: "vaut" keeps t, "vaux" writes x at letter 4.
No shared spelling stem: "vaut" is 4 letters, "veau" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "vaut" is 4 letters, "veaux" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "vaut" is 4 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "vaux" is 4 letters, "veau" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "vaux" is 4 letters, "veaux" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "vaux" is 4 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "veau" then splits - "veau" (4 letters) vs "veaux" (5).
No shared spelling stem: "veau" is 4 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "veaux" is 5 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across vau, Vaud, Vaulx, vaut, vaux, veau, veaux, vos: v. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

vau
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory auv · private au
Vaud
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory aduv · private adu
Vaulx
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVCC
Inventory aluvx · private alux
vaut
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory atuv · private atu
vaux
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory auvx · private aux
veau
4 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVV
Inventory aeuv · private aeu
veaux
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVVC
Inventory aeuvx · private aeux
vos
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory osv · private os

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "vau" when you mean: Partie du cintre utilisée pour soutenir la voute pendant sa construction.
Write "Vaud" when you mean: Canton de Suisse.
Write "Vaulx" when you mean: Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
Write "vaut" when you mean: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de valoir.
Write "vaux" when you mean: ou Pluriel de val.
Write "veau" when you mean: Petit de la vache
Write "veaux" when you mean: Pluriel de veau.
Write "vos" when you mean: Qui sont à vous, qui vous appartiennent. Deuxième personne du pluriel. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets, ou un seul possesseur (…

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

Vaud ← avud · vadu · vaudd · vuad · vvaud
Vaulx ← avulx · valux · vaullx · vaulxx · vauxl · vualx
vaut ← avut · vatu · vautt · vuat · vvaut
vaux ← avux · vauxx · vaxu · vuax · vvaux
veau ← evau · vaeu · veua · vveau
veaux ← evaux · veauxx · veaxu · veuax · vveaux

Each spelling

vau

noun · /\vo\/ · #42,109 frequency

Partie du cintre utilisée pour soutenir la voute pendant sa construction.

Vaud

name · /\vo\/ · #22,131 frequency

Canton de Suisse.

Vaulx

name · /\vo\/ · #38,592 frequency

Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.

vaut

verb · /\vo\/ · #1,014 frequency

Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de valoir.

vaux

noun · /\vo\/ · #8,943 frequency

ou Pluriel de val.

veau

noun · /\vo\/ · #11,686 frequency

Petit de la vache

veaux

noun · /\vo\/ · #22,729 frequency

Pluriel de veau.

vos

determiner · /\vo\/ · #207 frequency

Qui sont à vous, qui vous appartiennent. Deuxième personne du pluriel. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets, ou un seul possesseur (forme de politesse) et plusieurs objets.