végétarien

\ve.ʒe.ta.ʁjɛ̃\

/\ve.ʒe.ta.ʁjɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“végétarien” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,311
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui pratique le végétarisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vegetarien · végétarien · French

végétarien · rank #17,311 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,311
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH volvo

Nearest frequency peer: volvo (-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 « végétarien »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « végétarien » 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).

végétarien vs végétation
80% similar
végétarien vs végétariens
91% similar
végétarien vs végétarienne
83% similar

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

Key facts for végétarien
PropertyValue
Headwordvégétarien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ve.ʒe.ta.ʁjɛ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,311
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « végétarien »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).végétariense 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 « volvo » (#17,310), « vivra » (#17,309), « virgule » (#17,308). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « végétarien » est au #17,311. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around végétarien (IPA \ve.ʒe.ta.ʁjɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,311 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for végétarien, with forms such as "vegetarien", "vgéétarien", and "vvégétarien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "végétation", "végétariens", "végétarienne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is végétarien, spelled V-É-G-É-T-A-R-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui pratique le végétarisme.
  2. 2
    Qui concerne le végétarisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des insectes végétariens, tels que les Melonlonthiens n'ont pas de trace de lipase, alors que les Dytiques, les Carabes, ont une diastase lipasique très abondante.
  2. Il est farouchement végétarien. Il regarde avec horreur le biftèque qui se trouve dans mon assiette et me dit : « Vous mangez des plaies. »

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • vegetarien
  • vgéétarien
  • vvégétarien
  • véggétarien
  • végtéarien
  • végéatrien
  • végétairen
  • végétarein
  • végétarienn
  • végétarine
  • végétarrien
  • végétraien
  • végéttarien
  • véégtarien
  • évgétarien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

vegetarien2vgéétarien2vvégétarien1véggétarien1végtéarien2végéatrien2végétairen2végétarein2
Edit distance from "végétarien"

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 "végétarien"?
"végétarien" is spelled V-É-G-É-T-A-R-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.ʒe.ta.ʁjɛ̃\.
What does "végétarien" mean?
As an adjective, "végétarien" means: Qui pratique le végétarisme.
What words are commonly confused with "végétarien"?
"végétarien" is commonly confused with "végétation", "végétariens", "végétarienne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "végétarien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "végétarien" is \ve.ʒe.ta.ʁjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "végétarien" come from?
"végétarien" 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 "végétarien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list