vaincus

\vɛ̃.ky\

/\vɛ̃.ky\/ adj

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The verdict

“vaincus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,901
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaincus · vaincus · French

vaincus · rank #18,901 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,901
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH utilisons

Nearest frequency peer: utilisons (-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 « vaincus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vaincus » 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).

vaincus vs vains
71% similar
vaincus vs vaines
71% similar
vaincus vs vaincu
86% similar

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

Key facts for vaincus
PropertyValue
Headwordvaincus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɛ̃.ky\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,901
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vaincus »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vaincusse 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 « utilisons » (#18,900), « validée » (#18,902), « update » (#18,899). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vaincus » est au #18,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vaincus (IPA \vɛ̃.ky\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,901 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de vaincu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaincus, with forms such as "avincus", "vaicnus", and "vainccus". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "vains", "vaines", "vaincu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vaincus, spelled V-A-I-N-C-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de vaincu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pendant que j’aboyais et que je lobbyais pour eux, ils s’avouaient vaincus, agitaient le drapeau blanc, courbaient l’échine… et allaient se nicotiniser en catimini.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avincus
  • vaicnus
  • vainccus
  • vaincsu
  • vaincuss
  • vainncus
  • vainucs
  • vanicus
  • viancus
  • vvaincus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vaincus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

avincus2vaicnus2vainccus1vaincsu2vaincuss1vainncus1vainucs2vanicus2
Edit distance from "vaincus"

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 "vaincus"?
"vaincus" is spelled V-A-I-N-C-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ̃.ky\.
What does "vaincus" mean?
As an adjective, "vaincus" means: Masculin pluriel de vaincu.
What words are commonly confused with "vaincus"?
"vaincus" is commonly confused with "vains", "vaines", "vaincu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaincus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaincus" is \vɛ̃.ky\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaincus" come from?
"vaincus" 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 "vaincus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

validée#18,902walking#18,907trailer#18,894welcome#18,908

Similar misspelling depth

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

Yankees10 variantsSaoudien10 variantsassument10 variantsramenée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list