vacant

\va.kɑ̃\

/\va.kɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“vacant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,598
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas occupé ou qui est à remplir, en parlant des maisons, lieux et places qui ne sont pas occupés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vacant · vacant · French

vacant · rank #20,598 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,598
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH ut

Nearest frequency peer: ut (-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 « vacant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vacant » 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).

vacant vs vivant
67% similar
vacant vs venant
67% similar
vacant vs voyant
67% similar

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

Key facts for vacant
PropertyValue
Headwordvacant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\va.kɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,598
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vacant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vacantse 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 « ut » (#20,597), « vega » (#20,599), « underground » (#20,596). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vacant » est au #20,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around vacant (IPA \va.kɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,598 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacant, with forms such as "avcant", "vaacnt", and "vacannt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "vivant", "venant", "voyant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vacant, spelled V-A-C-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas occupé ou qui est à remplir, en parlant des maisons, lieux et places qui ne sont pas occupés.
  2. 2
    Emplois, places, ou dignités qui ne sont pas occupés.
  3. 3
    En termes de jurisprudence, succession que personne n’a réclamée lorsqu’elle a été ouverte, ou à laquelle on a renoncé.
  4. 4
    Curateur établi pour la régie et conservation des biens qui n’ont point de propriétaire certain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le lendemain, ma mère passa la journée dehors. Elle avait trouvé un logement au coin du faubourg du Temple et du canal; elle l’avait arrêté. Il était vacant; le lendemain nous emménageâmes.
  2. Le Saint-Siège était vacant.

This word in other languages

vacant(English)vacante(Español)frei(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avcant
  • vaacnt
  • vacannt
  • vacantt
  • vacatn
  • vaccant
  • vacnat
  • vcaant
  • vvacant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vacant - 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.

avcant2vaacnt2vacannt1vacantt1vacatn2vaccant1vacnat2vcaant2
Edit distance from "vacant"

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 "vacant"?
"vacant" is spelled V-A-C-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \va.kɑ̃\.
What does "vacant" mean?
As an adjective, "vacant" means: Qui n’est pas occupé ou qui est à remplir, en parlant des maisons, lieux et places qui ne sont pas occupés.
What words are commonly confused with "vacant"?
"vacant" is commonly confused with "vivant", "venant", "voyant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vacant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacant" is \va.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacant" come from?
"vacant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vitaux#20,603webcam#20,605Willie#20,606tacite#20,585

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sectes9 variantssabots9 variantsAshton9 variantsrénale9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list