va
\va\
The verdict
“va” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #84) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #84
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Soit ; j’y consens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-va · va · French
va · rank #84 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #84
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 148,117
- PHOTO-FINISH encore
Nearest frequency peer: encore (+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 “va”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- avoir
avoir
99,920 corpus weight
- non
non
99,919 corpus weight
- va
va
99,917 corpus weight
- encore
encore
99,916 corpus weight
- alors
alors
99,915 corpus weight
- avait
avait
99,914 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “va” 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 | va |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \va\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #84 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “va” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for va is neighbouring look-alikes ("vu", "vi", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced \va\. Frequency #84 among 148,117 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Soit ; j’y consens.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for va, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vu", "vi", "vs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is va, spelled V-A.
Definition
- 1Soit ; j’y consens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how va appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bon, va pour une petite promenade, mais c’est juste pour me détendre.
Synonyms
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.