vautour

\vo.tuʁ\

/\vo.tuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“vautour” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,418
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau rapace charognard, à tête et à col nus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vautour · vautour · French

vautour · rank #30,418 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,418
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Varane

Nearest frequency peer: Varane (-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 « vautour »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vautour » 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).

vautour vs vautours
88% similar
vautour vs vaudou
71% similar

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

Key facts for vautour
PropertyValue
Headwordvautour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vo.tuʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,418
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vautour »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vautourse 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 « Varane » (#30,417), « vandales » (#30,416), « ventura » (#30,420). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vautour » est au #30,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around vautour (IPA \vo.tuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,418 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vautour, with forms such as "avutour", "vatuour", and "vauotur". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vautours", "vaudou", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vautour, spelled V-A-U-T-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oiseau rapace charognard, à tête et à col nus.
  2. 2
    Personne dure, avide et motivée par l’appât du gain.
  3. 3
    Terme péjoratif désignant le propriétaire d'un logement.
  4. 4
    Être ou chose qui attend l’affaiblissement de sa victime.
  5. 5
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme le faucon. À rapprocher de aiglat, aigle, aiglette, aiglettes, aiglons, émerillon, épervier, faucon et gerfaut.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aigles, lions et chiens, et les reptiles souples, Et l’onagre et le loup, et l’ours et le vautour, Et l’épais Béhémoth, rugueux comme une tour, Maudissaient dans leur langue, en se ruant par couples, Ta ville sombre, Hénokh ! Et pullulaient autour.
  2. Un vautour fait des ronds dans le ciel, en silence.

This word in other languages

vulture(English)buitre(Español)Geier(Deutsch)abutre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avutour
  • vatuour
  • vauotur
  • vautoru
  • vautourr
  • vauttour
  • vautuor
  • vuatour
  • vvautour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avutour2vatuour2vauotur2vautoru2vautourr1vauttour1vautuor2vuatour2
Edit distance from "vautour"

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 "vautour"?
"vautour" is spelled V-A-U-T-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vo.tuʁ\.
What does "vautour" mean?
As a noun, "vautour" means: Oiseau rapace charognard, à tête et à col nus.
What words are commonly confused with "vautour"?
"vautour" is commonly confused with "vautours", "vaudou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vautour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vautour" is \vo.tuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vautour" come from?
"vautour" 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 "vautour", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ventura#30,420vivront#30,426véranda#30,429Zeitung#30,433

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Verdon9 variantstribal9 variantstondre9 variantsséchée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list