vase
\vɑz\
The verdict
“vase” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,099
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bourbe, limon qui se dépose au fond de la mer, des fleuves, des étangs, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vase · vase · French
vase · rank #10,099 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,099
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vallées
Nearest frequency peer: vallées (-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 « vase »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- UK
UK
89,905 corpus weight
- vallées
vallées
89,903 corpus weight
- vase
vase
89,902 corpus weight
- visuelle
visuelle
89,901 corpus weight
- XVIIe
XVIIe
89,900 corpus weight
- XX
XX
89,899 corpus weight
What this shows « vase » 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 | vase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɑz\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vase »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around vase (IPA \vɑz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,099 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vase, with forms such as "avse", "vaes", and "vasse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vs", "vé", "vie", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vase, spelled V-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Bourbe, limon qui se dépose au fond de la mer, des fleuves, des étangs, etc.
- 2Eau, en particulier pluie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le curage des vases de la Darse au moyen d’un dragueur à la vapeur de la force de 14 chevaux, a été complet en 1837.
Ver de vase ou ver vaseux, larve d’un moucheron vivant dans la vase, utilisé comme appât par les pêcheurs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avse
- vaes
- vasse
- vsae
- vvase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vase - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vase", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).