véhicule

/\ve.i.kyl\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,061

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

véhicule is aFrenchnoun. It means: Engin mobile servant au transport des personnes et des marchandises. Pronounced \ve.i.kyl\. It ranks #2,061 in French word frequency. Often confused with vésicule and véhicules.

Key facts for véhicule
PropertyValue
Headwordvéhicule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ve.i.kyl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,061
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of véhicule in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for véhicule is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ve.i.kyl\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,061 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for véhicule, with forms such as "vehicule", "vhéicule", and "vvéhicule". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "vésicule", "véhicules", "véhiculer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is véhicule, spelled V-É-H-I-C-U-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Engin mobile servant au transport des personnes et des marchandises.
  2. 2
    Transmetteur ; vecteur.
  3. 3
    Substance servant à introduire un médicament dans l’organisme.
  4. 4
    Instrument, moyen. Ce qui prépare une action, ce qui facilite la réalisation d'une entreprise.
  5. 5
    Moyen d'avancer sur le chemin du salut dans le bouddhisme, ce sont l’hinayana, le mahayana et le vajrayana.
  6. 6
    Montage financier ou structure juridique permettant la réalisation d’un projet.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: vehicule,vhéicule,vvéhicule,véhciule,véhhicule,véhiccule,véhiclue,véhicuel,véhiculle,véhiucle,véihcule,évhicule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for véhicule

Misspelling Variants of "véhicule"

vehicule8vhéicule8vvéhicule9véhciule8véhhicule9véhiccule9véhiclue8véhicuel8
Misspelling Variants of "véhicule"

Frequency rank: #2,061 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "véhicule"?
"véhicule" is spelled V-É-H-I-C-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.i.kyl\.
What does "véhicule" mean?
As a noun, "véhicule" means: Engin mobile servant au transport des personnes et des marchandises.
What words are commonly confused with "véhicule"?
"véhicule" is commonly confused with "vésicule", "véhicules", "véhiculer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "véhicule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "véhicule" is \ve.i.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "véhicule" come from?
"véhicule" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.