venimeux

\və.ni.mø\

/\və.ni.mø\/ adj

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The verdict

“venimeux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,600
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a du venin et un moyen de l’injecter. — Note d’usage : aujourd’hui, il ne se dit proprement que des animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-venimeux · venimeux · French

venimeux · rank #37,600 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,600
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vanier

Nearest frequency peer: vanier (-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 « venimeux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « venimeux » 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).

venimeux vs veineux
75% similar
venimeux vs vaniteux
75% similar

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

Key facts for venimeux
PropertyValue
Headwordvenimeux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\və.ni.mø\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,600
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « venimeux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.venimeuxse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vanier » (#37,599), « viennoiseries » (#37,601), « Valladolid » (#37,598). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « venimeux » est au #37,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around venimeux (IPA \və.ni.mø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,600 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for venimeux, with forms such as "evnimeux", "veinmeux", and "veniemux". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "veineux", "vaniteux", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is venimeux, spelled V-E-N-I-M-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a du venin et un moyen de l’injecter. — Note d’usage : aujourd’hui, il ne se dit proprement que des animaux.
  2. 2
    Qui est médisant, malveillant, méchant ou haineux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est de croyance générale et ancienne, tant au Brésil qu'en Vénézuéla que les individus atteints de morphée se guérissent radicalement de cette horrible maladie, lorsqu'ils sont mordus par un serpent venimeux.
  2. Aristote, un siècle plus tard, apporte des descriptions détaillées des arthropodes venimeux, abeilles, araignées et scorpions notamment, et des envenimations qu’ils provoquent.

This word in other languages

poisonous(English)venenoso(Español)giftig(Deutsch)venenoso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evnimeux
  • veinmeux
  • veniemux
  • venimeuxx
  • venimexu
  • venimmeux
  • venimuex
  • venmieux
  • vennimeux
  • vneimeux
  • vvenimeux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of venimeux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evnimeux2veinmeux2veniemux2venimeuxx1venimexu2venimmeux1venimuex2venmieux2
Edit distance from "venimeux"

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 "venimeux"?
"venimeux" is spelled V-E-N-I-M-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \və.ni.mø\.
What does "venimeux" mean?
As an adjective, "venimeux" means: Qui a du venin et un moyen de l’injecter. — Note d’usage : aujourd’hui, il ne se dit proprement que des animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "venimeux"?
"venimeux" is commonly confused with "veineux", "vaniteux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "venimeux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "venimeux" is \və.ni.mø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "venimeux" come from?
"venimeux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vésicule#37,605Whistler#37,607Turcotte#37,591tuniques#37,590

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

truands11 variantstrouviez11 variantstontons11 variantsépousera11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list