vengeance
\vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\
The verdict
“vengeance” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,088
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peine causée à l’offenseur pour la satisfaction personnelle de l’offensé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vengeance · vengeance · French
vengeance · rank #5,088 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,088
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vendus
Nearest frequency peer: vendus (-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 « vengeance »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- traditions
traditions
94,916 corpus weight
- variable
variable
94,915 corpus weight
- vendus
vendus
94,914 corpus weight
- vengeance
vengeance
94,913 corpus weight
- vif
vif
94,912 corpus weight
- vus
vus
94,911 corpus weight
What this shows « vengeance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| 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) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vengeance »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around vengeance (IPA \vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,088 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vengeance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La vengeance est le plaisir des dieux ; et, s’ils se la sont réservée, comme nous le disent les prêtres, c’est parce qu’ils la regardent comme une jouissance trop précieuse pour de simples mortels.
La vengeance est permise, […], c’est le droit imprescriptible du faible et de l’opprimé ; cependant, elle doit être proportionnée à l’injure reçue.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (13 here; floor ≥5).