vaginal
\va.ʒi.nal\
The verdict
“vaginal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,639
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au vagin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vaginal · vaginal · French
vaginal · rank #36,639 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,639
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH variance
Nearest frequency peer: variance (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vaginal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ultimement
ultimement
63,366 corpus weight
- ultrasons
ultrasons
63,365 corpus weight
- ursulines
ursulines
63,364 corpus weight
- vaginal
vaginal
63,362 corpus weight
- variance
variance
63,361 corpus weight
- verdâtre
verdâtre
63,360 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vaginal” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaginal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \va.ʒi.nal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vaginal” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around vaginal (IPA \va.ʒi.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,639 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaginal, with forms such as "avginal", "vagginal", and "vagianl". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vaginale", "vagin", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vaginal, spelled V-A-G-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif au vagin.
- 2Qui est en forme de gaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vaginal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques observations d’empoisonnement à la suite d’injection vaginales avec de l’eau de Goulard, de l’usage de collyres à base de plomb, montrent que l’absorption se fait par les diverses muqueuses.
Il peut s’avérer difficile de parler de ces douleurs vaginales. Beaucoup de femmes n’osent pas exprimer leur souffrance. Il est toutefois important de demander des soins en cas de douleurs génitales, car une aide est possible. Si la douleur n’est pas traitée, elle peut persister pendant de nombreuses années et même s’intensifier avec le temps.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avginal
- vagginal
- vagianl
- vaginall
- vaginla
- vaginnal
- vagnial
- vaignal
- vgainal
- vvaginal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vaginal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vaginal", 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).
What to do next
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- "vaginal" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "vaginale". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #36,639 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.