vacances

\va.kɑ̃s\

/\va.kɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“vacances” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,050
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Période de repos, durant un certain nombre de jours, accordée à des employés dans une entreprise, à des élèves dans une école, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vacances · vacances · French

vacances · rank #1,050 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,050
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH utilisé

Nearest frequency peer: utilisé (-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 « vacances »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vacances » 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).

vacances vs vacants
75% similar
vacances vs vacante
75% similar
vacances vs vacanciers
80% similar

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

Key facts for vacances
PropertyValue
Headwordvacances
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.kɑ̃s\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,050
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vacances »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « utilisé » (#1,049), « actions » (#1,051), « tomber » (#1,048). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vacances » est au #1,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around vacances (IPA \va.kɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,050 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacances, with forms such as "avcances", "vaacnces", and "vacacnes". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "vacants", "vacante", "vacanciers", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vacances, spelled V-A-C-A-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Période de repos, durant un certain nombre de jours, accordée à des employés dans une entreprise, à des élèves dans une école, etc.
  2. 2
    Par extensions, période où les députés ne peuvent pas siéger au parlement, entre deux sessions parlementaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous arrivons naturellement ainsi à signaler la part très efficace qu'il prit à la découverte de nos richesses d'art dans la vallée de Meuse, à La Val-Dieu et à Givet, à Revin, à Ham-sur-Meuse, tout autour de Fumay, où il venait passer, chaque année, ses vacances, en été.
  2. Avec le début des vacances scolaires, l’opération l’Été audonien s’installe à Saint-Ouen pour cinquante-et-un jours de festivités.

This word in other languages

holiday(English)vacaciones(Español)Ferien(Deutsch)férias(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avcances
  • vaacnces
  • vacacnes
  • vacancces
  • vacancess
  • vacancse
  • vacanecs
  • vacannces
  • vaccances
  • vacnaces
  • vcaances
  • vvacances

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vacances - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

avcances2vaacnces2vacacnes2vacancces1vacancess1vacancse2vacanecs2vacannces1
Edit distance from "vacances"

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 "vacances"?
"vacances" is spelled V-A-C-A-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \va.kɑ̃s\.
What does "vacances" mean?
As a noun, "vacances" means: Période de repos, durant un certain nombre de jours, accordée à des employés dans une entreprise, à des élèves dans une école, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "vacances"?
"vacances" is commonly confused with "vacants", "vacante", "vacanciers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vacances"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacances" is \va.kɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacances" come from?
"vacances" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

concours#1,057relation#1,041objectif#1,038Montréal#1,036

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

prochain12 variantsprincipe12 variantseuropéenne12 variantsterritoire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list