vaisselle

/\vɛ.sɛl\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,013

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

vaisselle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui sert à l’usage ordinaire de la table, comme plats, assiettes, etc. Pronounced \vɛ.sɛl\. It ranks #7,013 in French word frequency. Often confused with visuelle.

Key facts for vaisselle
PropertyValue
Headwordvaisselle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛ.sɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,013
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vaisselle in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vaisselle is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛ.sɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,013 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for vaisselle, with forms such as "avisselle", "vaiselle", and "vaiseslle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "visuelle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is vaisselle, spelled V-A-I-S-S-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui sert à l’usage ordinaire de la table, comme plats, assiettes, etc.
  2. 2
    Objets en métal précieux servant à l'usage de la table d’un seigneur.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des récipients, des plats, des assiettes, des couverts, des verres et des ustensiles de cuisine qui sont à laver.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avisselle,vaiselle,vaiseslle,vaissele,vaisselel,vaisslele,vasiselle,viasselle,vvaisselle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vaisselle

Misspelling Variants of "vaisselle"

avisselle9vaiselle8vaiseslle9vaissele8vaisselel9vaisslele9vasiselle9viasselle9
Misspelling Variants of "vaisselle"

Frequency rank: #7,013 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vaisselle"?
"vaisselle" is spelled V-A-I-S-S-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ.sɛl\.
What does "vaisselle" mean?
As a noun, "vaisselle" means: Ce qui sert à l’usage ordinaire de la table, comme plats, assiettes, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "vaisselle"?
"vaisselle" is commonly confused with "visuelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaisselle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaisselle" is \vɛ.sɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaisselle" come from?
"vaisselle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.