vacance

\va.kɑ̃s\

/\va.kɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“vacance” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,381
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d'une charge, d'une dignité, d'un poste vacant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vacance · vacance · French

vacance · rank #14,381 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,381
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH usées

Nearest frequency peer: usées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « vacance »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « vacance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vacance vs Vance
57% similar
vacance vs vacant
71% similar
vacance vs Varane
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vacance
PropertyValue
Headwordvacance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.kɑ̃s\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,381
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vacance »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vacancese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « usées » (#14,380), « vaguement » (#14,382), « télévisions » (#14,379). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vacance » est au #14,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vacance (IPA \va.kɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,381 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacance, with forms such as "avcance", "vaacnce", and "vacacne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Vance", "vacant", "Varane", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vacance, spelled V-A-C-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d'une charge, d'une dignité, d'un poste vacant.
  2. 2
    Temps pendant lequel les études cessent dans les écoles, dans les collèges et dans les lycées.
  3. 3
    Temps de repos qui est accordé à des employés dans un magasin, dans une banque, dans un établissement public ou privé, quel qu’il soit.
  4. 4
    Toute interruption que l’on s’accorde dans ses occupations ordinaires.
  5. 5
    État d’une succession à laquelle on a renoncé ou que personne ne réclame.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vacance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si, d’aventure, il restait sur place, attendant une vacance à l’usine, il travaillait à la mine et était payé par pipe de minerai extraite.
  2. En cas de vacance ou lorsque l'empêchement est déclaré définitif par le Conseil constitutionnel, le scrutin pour l'élection du nouveau Président a lieu, sauf cas de force majeure constaté par le Conseil constitutionnel, vingt jours au moins et trente-cinq jours au plus, après l'ouverture de la vacance ou la déclaration du caractère définitif de l'empêchem…

Synonyms

congéreposvacation

This word in other languages

vacancy(English)vacante(Español)Ferien(Deutsch)férias(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avcance
  • vaacnce
  • vacacne
  • vacancce
  • vacanec
  • vacannce
  • vaccance
  • vacnace
  • vcaance
  • vvacance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vacance - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

avcance2vaacnce2vacacne2vacancce1vacanec2vacannce1vaccance1vacnace2
Edit distance from "vacance"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vacance"?
"vacance" is spelled V-A-C-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.kɑ̃s\.
What does "vacance" mean?
As a noun, "vacance" means: État d'une charge, d'une dignité, d'un poste vacant.
What words are commonly confused with "vacance"?
"vacance" is commonly confused with "Vance", "vacant", "Varane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vacance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacance" is \va.kɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacance" come from?
"vacance" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vacance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tortues#14,374tolérer#14,373écrivit#14,390éduquer#14,392

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

équiper10 variantséteinte10 variantsabdomen10 variantsabrutis10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list