vacarme

\va.kaʁm\

/\va.kaʁm\/ noun

The verdict

“vacarme” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,586
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tumulte ; grand bruit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vacarme · vacarme · French

vacarme · rank #29,586 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,586
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH universelleme…

Nearest frequency peer: universellement (-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 « vacarme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vacarme » 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).

vacarme vs vacance
71% similar
vacarme vs vacante
71% similar

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

Key facts for vacarme
PropertyValue
Headwordvacarme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.kaʁm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,586
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vacarme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vacarmese 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 « universellement » (#29,585), « vaines » (#29,587), « ténébreux » (#29,584). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vacarme » est au #29,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vacarme (IPA \va.kaʁm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,586 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tumulte ; grand bruit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacarme, with forms such as "avcarme", "vaacrme", and "vacamre". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vacance", "vacante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vacarme, spelled V-A-C-A-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tumulte ; grand bruit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le feu des fusils Mauser commença ; ce fut un vacarme épouvantable dans lequel on percevait le ronflement des obus à la lydite, le crépitement des fusils Metford, les éclats des mitrailleuses boers et les sifflements des Mauser.
  2. Les matches se disputaient au milieu d'un grand vacarme produit par les cris des parieurs comme les parties de chistera en Espagne.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avcarme
  • vaacrme
  • vacamre
  • vacarem
  • vacarmme
  • vacarrme
  • vaccarme
  • vacrame
  • vcaarme
  • vvacarme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avcarme2vaacrme2vacamre2vacarem2vacarmme1vacarrme1vaccarme1vacrame2
Edit distance from "vacarme"

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 "vacarme"?
"vacarme" is spelled V-A-C-A-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.kaʁm\.
What does "vacarme" mean?
As a noun, "vacarme" means: Tumulte ; grand bruit.
What words are commonly confused with "vacarme"?
"vacarme" is commonly confused with "vacance", "vacante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vacarme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacarme" is \va.kaʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacarme" come from?
"vacarme" 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 "vacarme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list