velouté
\və.lu.te\
The verdict
“velouté” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,059 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #41,059
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie une étoffe dont le fond n’est pas de velours et sur laquelle il y a des motifs faits de velours.
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 | velouté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \və.lu.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “velouté” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for velouté is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \və.lu.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,059 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 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 velouté, with forms such as "evlouté", "vellouté", and "velotué". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "voûté", "volonté", "velours", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is velouté, spelled V-E-L-O-U-T-É.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une étoffe dont le fond n’est pas de velours et sur laquelle il y a des motifs faits de velours.
- 2Qualifie certains papiers qui servent de tenture et dont les dessins, les ornements imitent le velours.
- 3Qui a l’apparence du velours.
- 4Qui est doux au toucher comme du velours.
- 5Qui évoque la douceur du velours.
- 6Qualifie la pierre qui est d’une couleur riche, foncée.
- 7En parlant d'un vin, d’un beau rouge un peu foncé et qui n’a aucune âcreté.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evlouté,vellouté,velotué,veloute,veloutté,velouét,veluoté,veoluté,vleouté,vvelouté
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of velouté - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “velouté”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-L-O-U-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \və.lu.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “voûté” - see the side-by-side comparison. velouté vs voûté
- 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.