veilleuse
\vɛ.jøz\
The verdict
“veilleuse” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #30,015 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,015
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle qui veille.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veilleuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɛ.jøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “veilleuse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for veilleuse is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛ.jøz\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,015 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for veilleuse, with forms such as "evilleuse", "veileluse", and "veileuse". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "veineuse", "vieillesse", "veillée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is veilleuse, spelled V-E-I-L-L-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui veille.
- 2Religieuse ou laïque qui veille un mort.
- 3Celle qui est de garde, de surveillance, spécialement la nuit.
- 4Veilleuse de nuit.
- 5Salariée qui effectue de la veille stratégique en entreprise.
- 6Petite lampe que l’on laisse allumée toute la nuit.
- 7Petite mèche enduite de cire, qui brûle dans cette lampe et qui est maintenue sur l’huile par une petite rondelle de carton doublée de liège.
- 8Phare de voiture dit aussi, feu de position.
- 9Flamme allumée en permanence et qui permet à un brûleur d’être allumé rapidement sans risque de fuite de gaz, par exemple dans une chaudière ou sur une torchère.
- 10Synonyme de colchique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evilleuse,veileluse,veileuse,veillesue,veilleues,veilleusse,veilluese,velileuse,vielleuse,vveilleuse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of veilleuse - 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.
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.
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Using “veilleuse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-I-L-L-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɛ.jøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “veineuse” - see the side-by-side comparison. veilleuse vs veineuse
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.