vang
[vaŋ]
The verdict
“vang” is uncommon French (frequency #90,283 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,283
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de vangen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vang · vang · French
vang · rank #90,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,283
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 148,117
- PHOTO-FINISH valuation
Nearest frequency peer: valuation (-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 “vang”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- uo
uo
9,721 corpus weight
- valons
valons
9,720 corpus weight
- valuation
valuation
9,719 corpus weight
- vang
vang
9,718 corpus weight
- vann
vann
9,717 corpus weight
- vendrai
vendrai
9,716 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vang” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [vaŋ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vang” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vang is uncommon French at frequency #90,283 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [vaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier du présent de vangen.".
vang doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 vang, spelled V-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de vangen.
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 May 6, 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 "vang", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.