vélodrome

\ve.lod.ʁom\

/\ve.lod.ʁom\/ noun

The verdict

“vélodrome” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,188
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stade aménagé spécialement pour les courses cyclistes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-velodrome · vélodrome · French

vélodrome · rank #19,188 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,188
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH volaille

Nearest frequency peer: volaille (-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 « vélodrome »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vélodrome » 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
Key facts for vélodrome
PropertyValue
Headwordvélodrome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ve.lod.ʁom\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,188
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vélodrome »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vélodromese 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 « volaille » (#19,187), « Waterloo » (#19,189), « virale » (#19,186). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vélodrome » est au #19,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around vélodrome (IPA \ve.lod.ʁom\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,188 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stade aménagé spécialement pour les courses cyclistes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vélodrome, with forms such as "velodrome", "vléodrome", and "vvélodrome". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vélodrome, spelled V-É-L-O-D-R-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stade aménagé spécialement pour les courses cyclistes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Britannique Daniel Bigham a battu hier sur le vélodrome de Grenchen en Suisse le record de l’heure, vieux de plus de trois ans, parcourant pendant ce laps de temps 55,548 km, a annoncé l’Union cycliste internationale (UCI).
  2. Il s'estime chanceux que le vélodrome de Milton ait été accessible aux athlètes depuis juin dernier, alors que des rivaux d’autres pays n’ont pu profiter du même privilège pendant cinq ou six mois.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • velodrome
  • vléodrome
  • vvélodrome
  • véldorome
  • véllodrome
  • véloddrome
  • vélodorme
  • vélodrmoe
  • vélodroem
  • vélodromme
  • vélodrrome
  • vélordome
  • véoldrome
  • évlodrome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

velodrome1vléodrome2vvélodrome1véldorome2véllodrome1véloddrome1vélodorme2vélodrmoe2
Edit distance from "vélodrome"

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 "vélodrome"?
"vélodrome" is spelled V-É-L-O-D-R-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.lod.ʁom\.
What does "vélodrome" mean?
As a noun, "vélodrome" means: Stade aménagé spécialement pour les courses cyclistes.
What are common misspellings of "vélodrome"?
Common misspellings include "velodrome", "vléodrome", "vvélodrome", "véldorome", "véllodrome". The correct spelling is "vélodrome".
How do you pronounce "vélodrome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vélodrome" is \ve.lod.ʁom\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vélodrome" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vélodrome", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list