Versailles

\vɛʁ.saj\

/\vɛʁ.saj\/ name

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The verdict

“Versailles” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,630
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Yvelines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-versailles · Versailles · French

Versailles · rank #4,630 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,630
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH var

Nearest frequency peer: var (-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 « Versailles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Versailles » 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
Key facts for Versailles
PropertyValue
HeadwordVersailles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vɛʁ.saj\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,630
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Versailles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Versaillesse 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 « var » (#4,629), « tube » (#4,628), « volé » (#4,632). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Versailles » est au #4,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Versailles (IPA \vɛʁ.saj\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,630 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Yvelines.
  2. 2
    La cour royale de l’Ancien Régime.
  3. 3
    Gouvernement français lors de la Commune de Paris en 1871.
  4. 4
    Traité 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.
  5. 5
    Séjour somptueux d’un prince, d’un roi ou d’un empereur.
  6. 6
    Nom donné à un modèle de voiture française de la série Vedette, produit par Simca de 1954 à 1957.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Hommen interrogés à découvert, de fait, citent tous l’encouragement discret de prêtres « tradis » de Versailles à l’égard de leurs actions.
  2. L’importance de la préservation de Satory est finalement méconnue par beaucoup, à commencer par la municipalité de Versailles, qui privilégie un développement « non-durable ».

This word in other languages

Versailles(English)Versalles(Español)Versailles(Deutsch)

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.

evrsailles2verasilles2verrsailles1versailels2versailes1versailless1versaillse2versaliles2
Edit distance from "Versailles"

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 "Versailles"?
"Versailles" is spelled V-E-R-S-A-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.saj\.
What does "Versailles" mean?
As a proper noun, "Versailles" means: Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département des Yvelines.
What are common misspellings of "Versailles"?
Common misspellings include "evrsailles", "verasilles", "verrsailles", "versailels", "versailes". The correct spelling is "Versailles".
How do you pronounce "Versailles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Versailles" is \vɛʁ.saj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Versailles" come from?
"Versailles" 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 "Versailles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list