Vaulx

\vo\

/\vo\/ name

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The verdict

“Vaulx” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,592
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaulx · Vaulx · French

Vaulx · rank #38,592 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,592
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH usuels

Nearest frequency peer: usuels (-2 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 « Vaulx »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Vaulx » 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).

Vaulx vs veux
40% similar
Vaulx vs vaut
40% similar
Vaulx vs vaux
60% similar

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

Key facts for Vaulx
PropertyValue
HeadwordVaulx
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,592
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Vaulx »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Vaulxse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « usuels » (#38,590), « Underwood » (#38,589), « veineuse » (#38,595). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Vaulx » est au #38,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Vaulx (IPA \vo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,592 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vaulx, with forms such as "avulx", "valux", and "vaullx". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "veux", "vaut", "vaux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Vaulx, spelled V-A-U-L-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Savoie.
  3. 3
    Section de la commune de Chimay en Belgique.
  4. 4
    Section de la commune de Tournai en Belgique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avulx
  • valux
  • vaullx
  • vaulxx
  • vauxl
  • vualx
  • vvaulx

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vaulx - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

avulx2valux2vaullx1vaulxx1vauxl2vualx2vvaulx1
Edit distance from "Vaulx"

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 "Vaulx"?
"Vaulx" is spelled V-A-U-L-X. The IPA pronunciation is \vo\.
What does "Vaulx" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vaulx" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
What words are commonly confused with "Vaulx"?
"Vaulx" is commonly confused with "veux", "vaut", "vaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vaulx"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vaulx" is \vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vaulx" come from?
"Vaulx" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tonte#38,573éleva#38,614tarse#38,562allai#38,638

Similar misspelling depth

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

spice7 variantsangot7 variantsrules7 variantsrough7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list