vaste

\vast\

/\vast\/ adj

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The verdict

“vaste” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,455
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est d’une grande étendue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaste · vaste · French

vaste · rank #2,455 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,455
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voudrais

Nearest frequency peer: voudrais (+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 « vaste »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « vaste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vaste vs vite
60% similar
vaste vs vaut
60% similar
vaste vs vote
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vaste
PropertyValue
Headwordvaste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vast\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,455
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vaste »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vastese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « voudrais » (#2,456), « suffisamment » (#2,453), « résumé » (#2,452). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vaste » est au #2,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vaste (IPA \vast\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,455 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaste, with forms such as "avste", "vaset", and "vasste". 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, "vite", "vaut", "vote", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vaste, spelled V-A-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est d’une grande étendue.
  2. 2
    Qui n’a pas de borne, en parlant des choses morales, des conceptions de l’esprit, etc.
  3. 3
    D’une étendue extraordinaire, qui embrasse plusieurs sortes de sciences, de connaissances, ou qui est capable de grandes affaires, de grandes entreprises, en parlant d'une intelligence, d'un esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vaste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y a quelques années, florissait, orgueil de nos boulevards, certain vaste et lumineux café, situé presque en face d’un de nos théâtres de genre, dont le fronton rappelle celui d’un temple païen.
  2. Malgré les mouvements brusques, imprévisibles souvent du bateau, il restait debout à son poste, bien d’aplomb sur ses courtes jambes et il ne tressaillait même pas quand des paquets de mer s’abattaient sur ses vastes épaules.

This word in other languages

vast(English)vasto(Español)weit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avste
  • vaset
  • vasste
  • vastte
  • vatse
  • vsate
  • vvaste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vaste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

avste2vaset2vasste1vastte1vatse2vsate2vvaste1
Edit distance from "vaste"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vaste"?
"vaste" is spelled V-A-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vast\.
What does "vaste" mean?
As an adjective, "vaste" means: Qui est d’une grande étendue.
What words are commonly confused with "vaste"?
"vaste" is commonly confused with "vite", "vaut", "vote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaste" is \vast\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaste" come from?
"vaste" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vaste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cesse#2,464dette#2,469doigt#2,470douce#2,471

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

passée7 variantsfrappe7 variantsmairie7 variantsombre7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list