vestiaire

/\vɛs.tjɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,321

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

vestiaire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Lieu où l’on serre les habits destinés aux religieux et aux religieuses, ou les costumes des membres d’un tribunal, d’une académie, etc. Pronounced \vɛs.tjɛʁ\. Often confused with vestiaires.

Key facts for vestiaire
PropertyValue
Headwordvestiaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛs.tjɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,321
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vestiaire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vestiaire is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛs.tjɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,321 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for vestiaire, with forms such as "evstiaire", "vesitaire", and "vesstiaire". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vestiaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is vestiaire, spelled V-E-S-T-I-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où l’on serre les habits destinés aux religieux et aux religieuses, ou les costumes des membres d’un tribunal, d’une académie, etc.
  2. 2
    Endroit où l’on dépose momentanément des vêtements, dans un théâtre, une discothèque.
  3. 3
    Endroit où on se change dans un gymnase, un centre sportif, une piscine, etc.
  4. 4
    Dépense que l’on fait pour les habits des religieux et des religieuses, ou de l’Argent qu’on leur donne pour s’habiller.
  5. 5
    Réunions de charité où des dames s’occupent à faire des vêtements pour les pauvres et à les leur distribuer, et de l’Endroit où se tiennent ces réunions.
  6. 6
    Ensemble de vêtements.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evstiaire,vesitaire,vesstiaire,vestaiire,vestiaier,vestiairre,vestiarie,vestiiare,vesttiaire,vetsiaire,vsetiaire,vvestiaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vestiaire

Misspelling Variants of "vestiaire"

evstiaire9vesitaire9vesstiaire10vestaiire9vestiaier9vestiairre10vestiarie9vestiiare9
Misspelling Variants of "vestiaire"

Frequency rank: #11,321 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vestiaire"?
"vestiaire" is spelled V-E-S-T-I-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛs.tjɛʁ\.
What does "vestiaire" mean?
As a noun, "vestiaire" means: Lieu où l’on serre les habits destinés aux religieux et aux religieuses, ou les costumes des membres d’un tribunal, d’une académie, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "vestiaire"?
"vestiaire" is commonly confused with "vestiaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vestiaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vestiaire" is \vɛs.tjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vestiaire" come from?
"vestiaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.