V
The verdict
“V” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #859) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #859
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Symbole du volt, unité de mesure de force électromotrice du Système international.
Corpus desk
Index FR-v · V · French
V · rank #859 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #859
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 148,117
- PHOTO-FINISH union
Nearest frequency peer: union (-1 rank slots)
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 “V”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rend
rend
99,145 corpus weight
- technique
technique
99,144 corpus weight
- union
union
99,143 corpus weight
- V
V
99,142 corpus weight
- voyage
voyage
99,141 corpus weight
- énergie
énergie
99,140 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “V” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | V |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Symbol |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “V” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for V is neighbouring look-alikes ("va", "vu", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #859 among 148,117 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Symbole du volt, unité de mesure de force électromotrice du Système international.".
Zero misspellings are on record for V in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "va", "vu", "vi", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is V, spelled V.
Definition
- 1Symbole du volt, unité de mesure de force électromotrice du Système international.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how V appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On note une prédominance à l’emploi des réseaux alternatifs et à l’usage généralisé du triphasé 200 V/400 Hz.
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 French 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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.