Versailles
\vɛʁ.saj\
The verdict
“Versailles” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,630 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #4,630
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Yvelines.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Versailles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.saj\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Versailles” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Versailles is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ.saj\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,630 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 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 Versailles, with forms such as "evrsailles", "verasilles", and "verrsailles". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Versailles, spelled V-E-R-S-A-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Yvelines.
- 2La cour royale de l’Ancien Régime.
- 3Gouvernement français lors de la Commune de Paris en 1871.
- 4Traité de paix signé à la localité éponyme entre la France, le Royaume-Uni, l’Allemagne, l’Italie et les États-Unis après la Première Guerre mondiale en 1919.
- 5Séjour somptueux d’un prince, d’un roi ou d’un empereur.
- 6Nom donné à un modèle de voiture française de la série Vedette, produit par Simca de 1954 à 1957.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrsailles,verasilles,verrsailles,versailels,versailes,versailless,versaillse,versaliles,versialles,verssailles,vesrailles,vresailles,vversailles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Versailles - 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.
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 “Versailles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-R-S-A-I-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɛʁ.saj\ (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.