vésicule

\ve.zi.kyl\

/\ve.zi.kyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“vésicule” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,605
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sac membraneux semblable à une petite vessie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vesicule · vésicule · French

vésicule · rank #37,605 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,605
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH véhémence

Nearest frequency peer: véhémence (-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 « vésicule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vésicule » 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).

vésicule vs vestibule
67% similar
vésicule vs véhicule
88% similar
vésicule vs véhicules
78% similar

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

Key facts for vésicule
PropertyValue
Headwordvésicule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ve.zi.kyl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,605
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vésicule »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « véhémence » (#37,604), « Westmount » (#37,606), « voyageait » (#37,603). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vésicule » est au #37,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around vésicule (IPA \ve.zi.kyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,605 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vésicule, with forms such as "vesicule", "vséicule", and "vvésicule". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "vestibule", "véhicule", "véhicules", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vésicule, spelled V-É-S-I-C-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sac membraneux semblable à une petite vessie.
  2. 2
    Lésion cutanée, légèrement proéminente, dont la sommité plus ou moins translucide est remplie de liquide clair. Selon la taille on parle aussi de bulle et de phlyctène.
  3. 3
    Compartiment intracellulaire de petite taille, de forme sphérique et parfois nommée granule

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et n'allez pas me crever les vésicules, vous autres!
  2. Le point de départ est une précédente étude qu'il a menée en 2018, ayant découvert que les cellules du nez libèrent des vésicules extracellulaires (VE) -- un nuage de minuscules particules attaquant les bactéries au moment de l'inhalation.

This word in other languages

bladder(English)vejiga(Español)Blase(Deutsch)bexiga(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • vesicule
  • vséicule
  • vvésicule
  • véiscule
  • vésciule
  • vésiccule
  • vésiclue
  • vésicuel
  • vésiculle
  • vésiucle
  • véssicule
  • évsicule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vésicule - 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.

vesicule1vséicule2vvésicule1véiscule2vésciule2vésiccule1vésiclue2vésicuel2
Edit distance from "vésicule"

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 "vésicule"?
"vésicule" is spelled V-É-S-I-C-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.zi.kyl\.
What does "vésicule" mean?
As a noun, "vésicule" means: Sac membraneux semblable à une petite vessie.
What words are commonly confused with "vésicule"?
"vésicule" is commonly confused with "vestibule", "véhicule", "véhicules". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vésicule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vésicule" is \ve.zi.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vésicule" come from?
"vésicule" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Whistler#37,607venimeux#37,600échevins#37,613émaillée#37,615

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

voyageait12 variantsépandage12 variantsabasourdi12 variantsThéodose12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list