Vannes
\van\
The verdict
“Vannes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,092
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Morbihan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vannes · Vannes · French
Vannes · rank #9,092 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,092
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vainqueurs
Nearest frequency peer: vainqueurs (-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 « Vannes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Trudeau
Trudeau
90,911 corpus weight
- vainqueurs
vainqueurs
90,910 corpus weight
- Vannes
Vannes
90,909 corpus weight
- vernis
vernis
90,908 corpus weight
- vire
vire
90,907 corpus weight
- visée
visée
90,906 corpus weight
What this shows « Vannes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vannes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \van\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Vannes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Vannes (IPA \van\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,092 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Morbihan.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vannes, with forms such as "avnnes", "vanens", and "vanes". 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, "vans", "vante", "vases", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Vannes, spelled V-A-N-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Morbihan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vannes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça ne vient pas de Pontaven, dit Alain. Je connais tous les loueurs du bourg et je ne leur ai jamais vu cette carriole-là. C'est de Lorient ou de Vannes. Des Parisiens qui vont à Quimper et à Penmarc’h par Concarneau.
C’est ainsi qu’en 465 le concile de Vannes interdit aux clercs non seulement de prendre part aux repas de Juifs, mais de les inviter à leur propre table.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avnnes
- vanens
- vanes
- vanness
- vannse
- vnanes
- vvannes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vannes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).