vaut

\vo\

/\vo\/ verb

The verdict

“vaut” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,014
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de valoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaut · vaut · French

vaut · rank #1,014 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,014
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH table

Nearest frequency peer: table (-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 « vaut »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vaut » 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).

vaut vs vu
50% similar
vaut vs VT
0% similar
vaut vs vue
50% similar

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

Key facts for vaut
PropertyValue
Headwordvaut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,014
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vaut »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vautse 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 « table » (#1,013), « édition » (#1,015), « élections » (#1,016). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vaut » est au #1,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around vaut (IPA \vo\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,014 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de valoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaut, with forms such as "avut", "vatu", and "vautt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vu", "VT", "vue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vaut, spelled V-A-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de valoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On peut dire qu’on y aura mis le temps, mais mieux vaut très tard qu’absolument jamais, comme on dit quand on est catastrophiquement en retard.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avut
  • vatu
  • vautt
  • vuat
  • vvaut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vaut - 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.

avut2vatu2vautt1vuat2vvaut1
Edit distance from "vaut"

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 "vaut"?
"vaut" is spelled V-A-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vo\.
What does "vaut" mean?
As a verb, "vaut" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de valoir.
What words are commonly confused with "vaut"?
"vaut" is commonly confused with "vu", "VT", "vue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaut" is \vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaut" come from?
"vaut" 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 "vaut", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list