varié

/\va.ʁje\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,083

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

varié is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui présente des aspects ou éléments distincts. Pronounced \va.ʁje\. Often confused with vie and voie.

Key facts for varié
PropertyValue
Headwordvarié
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\va.ʁje\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,083
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for varié is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \va.ʁje\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,083 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for varié, with forms such as "avrié", "vairé", and "varrié". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vie", "voie", "vire", and more, 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 varié, spelled V-A-R-I-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui présente des aspects ou éléments distincts.
  2. 2
    Se dit de la partie d'une plante atteinte de variégation.
  3. 3
    Qui comporte des variations.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avrié,vairé,varrié,varéi,vraié,vvarié

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for varié

Misspelling Variants of "varié"

avrié5vairé5varrié6varéi5vraié5vvarié6
Misspelling Variants of "varié"

Frequency rank: #12,083 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "varié"?
"varié" is spelled V-A-R-I-É. The IPA pronunciation is \va.ʁje\.
What does "varié" mean?
As an adj, "varié" means: Qui présente des aspects ou éléments distincts.
What words are commonly confused with "varié"?
"varié" is commonly confused with "vie", "voie", "vire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "varié"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "varié" is \va.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "varié" come from?
"varié" 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.