vaisseau

\vɛ.so\

/\vɛ.so\/ noun

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The verdict

“vaisseau” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,107
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vase, ustensile, de toute matière, destiné à contenir des liquides.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaisseau · vaisseau · French

vaisseau · rank #4,107 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,107
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH UMP

Nearest frequency peer: UMP (-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 « vaisseau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vaisseau » 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).

vaisseau vs vaisseaux
89% similar

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

Key facts for vaisseau
PropertyValue
Headwordvaisseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛ.so\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,107
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vaisseau »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vaisseause 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 « UMP » (#4,106), « Valls » (#4,108), « trains » (#4,105). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vaisseau » est au #4,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around vaisseau (IPA \vɛ.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,107 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaisseau, with forms such as "avisseau", "vaiseau", and "vaisesau". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vaisseaux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 vaisseau, spelled V-A-I-S-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vase, ustensile, de toute matière, destiné à contenir des liquides.
  2. 2
    Navire.
  3. 3
    Grand espace intérieur d'un bâtiment, le plus souvent voûté, de plan allongé et dont l'élévation correspond à plus d'un étage de l'édifice. Une nef d'église peut comporter un ou plusieurs vaisseaux. Par analogie, le bâtiment peut être comparé à un navire.
  4. 4
    Canal du sang ou de la lymphe.
  5. 5
    Élément creux, spécialisé et conducteur de la sève.
  6. 6
    Meuble représentant un trois-mâts (gros navire) dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté avec son gréement et ses voiles, de profil, la proue orientée à dextre. Il se blasonne comme le navire. À rapprocher de bateau, drakkar, flobard, gabarot, galère, navire et nef.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vaisseau de terre, de bois, de cuivre, d’argent.
  2. Le potelot, ou sulfure de molybdène natif, exposé au feu dans un vaisseau ouvert, exhale du soufre, & s'évapore presque tout entier en fumée blanche.

This word in other languages

vessel(English)vaso(Español)Gefäß(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avisseau
  • vaiseau
  • vaisesau
  • vaissaeu
  • vaisseua
  • vasiseau
  • viasseau
  • vvaisseau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avisseau2vaiseau1vaisesau2vaissaeu2vaisseua2vasiseau2viasseau2vvaisseau1
Edit distance from "vaisseau"

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 "vaisseau"?
"vaisseau" is spelled V-A-I-S-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ.so\.
What does "vaisseau" mean?
As a noun, "vaisseau" means: Vase, ustensile, de toute matière, destiné à contenir des liquides.
What words are commonly confused with "vaisseau"?
"vaisseau" is commonly confused with "vaisseaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaisseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaisseau" is \vɛ.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaisseau" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tiennent#4,104stations#4,101analyses#4,120ateliers#4,123

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

William8 variantsétudié8 variantsrelais8 variantsnourrir8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list