veille

\vɛj\

/\vɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“veille” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,203
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal, dans lequel les sens sont en action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-veille · veille · French

veille · rank #2,203 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,203
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH travailleurs

Nearest frequency peer: travailleurs (-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 « veille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « veille » 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).

veille vs vile
67% similar
veille vs ville
83% similar
veille vs voile
67% similar

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

Key facts for veille
PropertyValue
Headwordveille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛj\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,203
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « veille »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).veillese 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 « travailleurs » (#2,202), « verra » (#2,204), « tradition » (#2,201). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « veille » est au #2,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around veille (IPA \vɛj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,203 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for veille, with forms such as "eville", "veile", and "veilel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vile", "ville", "voile", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is veille, spelled V-E-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal, dans lequel les sens sont en action.
  2. 2
    Action de veiller volontairement dans le temps habituellement consacré au sommeil.
  3. 3
    Veillée.
  4. 4
    Sentinelle, garde qui se fait pendant la nuit.
  5. 5
    État d'un dispositif technologique intermédiaire entre l'arrêt complet et le mode de fonctionnement normal, dans lequel la plupart des fonctions sont désactivées afin de diminuer la consommation énergétique.
  6. 6
    Grande et longue application qu’on donne à l’étude, aux productions de l’esprit ou aux grandes affaires, le plus souvent au détriment du sommeil.
  7. 7
    Une certaine partie de la nuit, dans la division qu’en faisaient les anciens.
  8. 8
    Jour qui précède un jour déterminé.
  9. 9
    Époque immédiatement antérieure.
  10. 10
    Activité qui consiste à étudier des informations stratégiques pour permettre d'anticiper des évènements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. État de veille.
  2. Certains actes accomplis dans le sommeil ne peuvent pas se reproduire pendant la veille.

Synonyms

hier

Antonyms

demainlendemainsommeil

This word in other languages

wake(English)vela(Español)Wache(Deutsch)vigília(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eville
  • veile
  • veilel
  • velile
  • vveille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eville2veile1veilel2velile2vveille1
Edit distance from "veille"

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 "veille"?
"veille" is spelled V-E-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛj\.
What does "veille" mean?
As a noun, "veille" means: État du corps de l’homme ou de l’animal, dans lequel les sens sont en action.
What words are commonly confused with "veille"?
"veille" is commonly confused with "vile", "ville", "voile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "veille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "veille" is \vɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "veille" come from?
"veille" 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 "veille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vienne#2,205épouse#2,208aiment#2,210aspect#2,214

Similar misspelling depth

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

vive5 variantsPapa5 variantsfous5 variantspote5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list