variance
French, noun/va.ʁjɑ̃s/
variance is spelled V-A-R-I-A-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Variance is a French feminine noun meaning “variance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mesure de la dispersion des échantillons autour de la moyenne”.
What does variance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevariance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mesure de la dispersion des échantillons autour de la moyenne. 2. Nombre maximum de paramètres que peut fixer librement l’expérimentateur sans rompre l’équilibre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of variance
- variances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce variance?
- /va.ʁjɑ̃s/
- \va.ʁjɑ̃s\
- [va.ʁjɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to variance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is variance in French?
variance appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).