vann
\ˈvãnː\
The verdict
“vann” is uncommon French (frequency #90,284 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,284
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Forme mutée de bann par adoucissement (b → v).
Corpus desk
Index FR-vann · vann · French
vann · rank #90,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,284
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vang
Nearest frequency peer: vang (-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 “vann”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- vengés
vengés
9,715 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vann” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vann |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈvãnː\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vann” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vann is uncommon French at frequency #90,284 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈvãnː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme mutée de bann par adoucissement (b → v).".
vann has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vann, spelled V-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Forme mutée de bann par adoucissement (b → v).
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.