veilleur

\vɛ.jœʁ\

/\vɛ.jœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“veilleur” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,058
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui veille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-veilleur · veilleur · French

veilleur · rank #41,058 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,058
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH varicelle

Nearest frequency peer: varicelle (-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 « veilleur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « veilleur » 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).

veilleur vs violeur
75% similar
veilleur vs veillez
75% similar
veilleur vs veilleuse
78% similar

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

Key facts for veilleur
PropertyValue
Headwordveilleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛ.jœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,058
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « veilleur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).veilleurse 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 « varicelle » (#41,057), « velouté » (#41,059), « vanilla » (#41,056). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « veilleur » est au #41,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around veilleur (IPA \vɛ.jœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,058 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 veilleur, with forms such as "evilleur", "veilelur", and "veileur". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "violeur", "veillez", "veilleuse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is veilleur, spelled V-E-I-L-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui veille.
  2. 2
    Ecclésiastique ou religieux qui veille un mort.
  3. 3
    Celui qui est de garde, de surveillance, spécialement la nuit.
  4. 4
    Veilleur de nuit.
  5. 5
    Salarié qui effectue de la veille stratégique en entreprise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut placer deux veilleurs au parapet de la tranchée. — C’est le moment de relever les veilleurs.
  2. Comme il posait le pied sur le seuil de l’hôtel, le veilleur de Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois venait d’annoncer une heure du matin.

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evilleur
  • veilelur
  • veileur
  • veilleru
  • veilleurr
  • veilluer
  • velileur
  • vielleur
  • vveilleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

evilleur2veilelur2veileur1veilleru2veilleurr1veilluer2velileur2vielleur2
Edit distance from "veilleur"

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 "veilleur"?
"veilleur" is spelled V-E-I-L-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ.jœʁ\.
What does "veilleur" mean?
As a noun, "veilleur" means: Celui qui veille.
What words are commonly confused with "veilleur"?
"veilleur" is commonly confused with "violeur", "veillez", "veilleuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "veilleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "veilleur" is \vɛ.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "veilleur" come from?
"veilleur" 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 "veilleur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

viendrez#41,065virgules#41,068torchons#41,044Wawrinka#41,074

Similar misspelling depth

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

votons9 variantsvoulues9 variantsYoussouf9 variantsÉrasme9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list