vaux

\vo\

/\vo\/ noun

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The verdict

“vaux” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,943
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Pluriel de val.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaux · vaux · French

vaux · rank #8,943 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,943
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH USB

Nearest frequency peer: USB (-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 « vaux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vaux » 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).

vaux vs vu
50% similar
vaux vs vue
50% similar
vaux vs vus
50% similar

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

Key facts for vaux
PropertyValue
Headwordvaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,943
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vaux »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « USB » (#8,942), « vertes » (#8,944), « viser » (#8,945). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vaux » est au #8,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around vaux (IPA \vo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,943 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ou Pluriel de val.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaux, with forms such as "avux", "vauxx", and "vaxu". 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, "vu", "vue", "vus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 vaux, spelled V-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    ou Pluriel de val.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jusqu’après Valpuiseaux, sur plus d'une lieue, les groupes de fermes se suivent. Ensuite le vallon est solitaire, pli étroit et profond dont les côtés sont striés par une infinité de vaux très courts.
  2. Et dans ces vallées sombres que suggère le mot, ces recoins d'ombres et de vaux, on imagine, courant, hurlant et dévorant, la Bête qui jadis hanta cette région.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avux
  • vauxx
  • vaxu
  • vuax
  • vvaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avux2vauxx1vaxu2vuax2vvaux1
Edit distance from "vaux"

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 "vaux"?
"vaux" is spelled V-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \vo\.
What does "vaux" mean?
As a noun, "vaux" means: ou Pluriel de val.
What words are commonly confused with "vaux"?
"vaux" is commonly confused with "vu", "vue", "vus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaux" is \vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaux" come from?
"vaux" 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 "vaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Allen5 variantsNike5 variantsmousse5 variantshave5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list