Vendée

\vɑ̃.de\

/\vɑ̃.de\/ name

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The verdict

“Vendée” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,793
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière française qui prend sa source à Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vendee · Vendée · French

Vendée · rank #8,793 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,793
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH téléchargement

Nearest frequency peer: téléchargement (-2 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 « Vendée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Vendée » 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).

Vendée vs vente
50% similar
Vendée vs venez
33% similar
Vendée vs vendu
50% similar

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

Key facts for Vendée
PropertyValue
HeadwordVendée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vɑ̃.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,793
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Vendée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Vendéese 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 « téléchargement » (#8,791), « vitre » (#8,795), « trésors » (#8,790). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Vendée » est au #8,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Vendée (IPA \vɑ̃.de\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,793 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vendée, with forms such as "evndée", "vednée", and "venddée". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vente", "venez", "vendu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Vendée, spelled V-E-N-D-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière française qui prend sa source à Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine.
  2. 2
    Département français du Poitou dans les Pays de la Loire, qui porte le numéro 85.
  3. 3
    Ancienne province, foyer de l’insurrection contre-révolutionnaire menée contre la Convention.
  4. 4
    Soulèvement armé, évoquant les insurrections qui eurent lieu dans la Vendée pendant la Révolution française.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De sa source au Pont-Neuf de Fontenay-le-Comte, la Vendée est un cours d'eau non domanial. Son lit et ses berges sont la propriété des riverains.
  2. Dans une Vendée religieusement fidèle à ses martyrs, dans son village même, Clémenceau, le « bleu », était moins qu'un autre prophète.

This word in other languages

Vendée(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evndée
  • vednée
  • venddée
  • vendee
  • vendeé
  • venndée
  • venéde
  • vnedée
  • vvendée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

evndée2vednée2venddée1vendee1vendeé2venndée1venéde2vnedée2
Edit distance from "Vendée"

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 "Vendée"?
"Vendée" is spelled V-E-N-D-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɑ̃.de\.
What does "Vendée" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vendée" means: Rivière française qui prend sa source à Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine.
What words are commonly confused with "Vendée"?
"Vendée" is commonly confused with "vente", "venez", "vendu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vendée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vendée" is \vɑ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vendée" come from?
"Vendée" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

stades#8,784allier#8,807roches#8,773brosse#8,816

Similar misspelling depth

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

étonner9 variantssaurais9 variantsclairs9 variantsRachel9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list