vais

\vɛ\

/\vɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“vais” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #219) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#219
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vais · vais · French

vais · rank #219 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #219
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH seul

Nearest frequency peer: seul (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « vais »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « vais » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

vais vs vi
50% similar
vais vs vs
50% similar
vais vs vie
50% similar

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

Key facts for vais
PropertyValue
Headwordvais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#219
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « vais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vaisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « seul » (#218), « point » (#217), « lieu » (#221). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vais » est au #219. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for vais is neighbouring look-alikes ("vi", "vs", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \vɛ\. Frequency #219 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aller.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for vais, with forms such as "vaiss", "vasi", and "vias". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vi", "vs", "vie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vais, spelled V-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je vais essayer d'écrire, en me cramponnant à mon bureau, mais je crains que les mouvements désordonnés du bateau ne le permettent pas.
  2. Je ne croyais pas être si reconnaissable… et j’allais… je vais à Paris pour me désenfroquer tout à fait…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • vaiss
  • vasi
  • vias
  • vvais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

vaiss1vasi2vias2vvais1
Edit distance from "vais"

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 "vais"?
"vais" is spelled V-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ\.
What does "vais" mean?
As a verb, "vais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de aller.
What words are commonly confused with "vais"?
"vais" is commonly confused with "vi", "vs", "vie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vais" is \vɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vais" come from?
"vais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seul#218lieu#221lors#222prix#215

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list