vagabonds

\va.ɡa.bɔ̃\

/\va.ɡa.bɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“vagabonds” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,198
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de vagabond.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vagabonds · vagabonds · French

vagabonds · rank #36,198 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,198
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH unissant

Nearest frequency peer: unissant (-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 « vagabonds »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vagabonds » 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).

vagabonds vs vagabond
89% similar

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

Key facts for vagabonds
PropertyValue
Headwordvagabonds
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\va.ɡa.bɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,198
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vagabonds »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vagabondsse 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 « unissant » (#36,197), « valez » (#36,199), « tâter » (#36,196). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vagabonds » est au #36,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around vagabonds (IPA \va.ɡa.bɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,198 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de vagabond.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vagabonds, with forms such as "avgabonds", "vaagbonds", and "vagabbonds". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vagabond", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vagabonds, spelled V-A-G-A-B-O-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de vagabond.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais nous vîmes un Arabe venir à nous à grand galop; & comme nous n’étions pas encore familiers avec des Arabes vagabonds, nous n’eûmes rien de plus pressé, que d’embaqueter l’instrument.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avgabonds
  • vaagbonds
  • vagabbonds
  • vagabnods
  • vagabodns
  • vagabondds
  • vagabondss
  • vagabonnds
  • vagabonsd
  • vagaobnds
  • vagbaonds
  • vaggabonds
  • vgaabonds
  • vvagabonds

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avgabonds2vaagbonds2vagabbonds1vagabnods2vagabodns2vagabondds1vagabondss1vagabonnds1
Edit distance from "vagabonds"

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 "vagabonds"?
"vagabonds" is spelled V-A-G-A-B-O-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \va.ɡa.bɔ̃\.
What does "vagabonds" mean?
As an adjective, "vagabonds" means: Masculin pluriel de vagabond.
What words are commonly confused with "vagabonds"?
"vagabonds" is commonly confused with "vagabond". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vagabonds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vagabonds" is \va.ɡa.bɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vagabonds" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tremblent#36,189éclaircie#36,211éclaireur#36,212tiendrais#36,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

thermidor14 variantsthermales14 variantssubprimes14 variantsallégorique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list