vacante

\va.kɑ̃t\

/\va.kɑ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“vacante” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,597
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de vacant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vacante · vacante · French

vacante · rank #37,597 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,597
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH using

Nearest frequency peer: using (-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 « vacante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vacante » 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).

vacante vs vante
71% similar
vacante vs valant
71% similar
vacante vs Varane
57% similar

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

Key facts for vacante
PropertyValue
Headwordvacante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\va.kɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,597
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vacante »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vacantese 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 « using » (#37,596), « Valladolid » (#37,598), « usher » (#37,595). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vacante » est au #37,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vacante (IPA \va.kɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,597 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de vacant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacante, with forms such as "avcante", "vaacnte", and "vacanet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "vante", "valant", "Varane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vacante, spelled V-A-C-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de vacant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette volonté de libérer l’image de la présence du père, c’est-à-dire d’un sens préétabli, de la laisser vacante justement, de la «désadjectiver» comme l’on dirait «désassujettir».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avcante
  • vaacnte
  • vacanet
  • vacannte
  • vacantte
  • vacatne
  • vaccante
  • vacnate
  • vcaante
  • vvacante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avcante2vaacnte2vacanet2vacannte1vacantte1vacatne2vaccante1vacnate2
Edit distance from "vacante"

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 "vacante"?
"vacante" is spelled V-A-C-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.kɑ̃t\.
What does "vacante" mean?
As an adjective, "vacante" means: Féminin singulier de vacant.
What words are commonly confused with "vacante"?
"vacante" is commonly confused with "vante", "valant", "Varane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vacante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacante" is \va.kɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacante" come from?
"vacante" 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 "vacante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

twittos#37,592Vivaldi#37,602truands#37,589écaille#37,611

Similar misspelling depth

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

Turcotte10 variantsabstenu10 variantsadvenir10 variantsScipion10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list