vengeance
\vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\
The verdict
“vengeance” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,088 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,088
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Peine causée à l’offenseur pour la satisfaction personnelle de l’offensé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vengeance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vengeance” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vengeance is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,088 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for vengeance, with forms such as "evngeance", "vegneance", and "venegance". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vengeance, spelled V-E-N-G-E-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Peine causée à l’offenseur pour la satisfaction personnelle de l’offensé.
- 2Désir de se venger.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evngeance,vegneance,venegance,vengaence,vengeacne,vengeancce,vengeanec,vengeannce,vengenace,venggeance,venngeance,vnegeance,vvengeance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vengeance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “vengeance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-N-G-E-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.