vestibule

\vɛs.ti.byl\

/\vɛs.ti.byl\/ noun

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The verdict

“vestibule” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,423
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’un édifice qui s’offre la première à ceux qui entrent et qui sert de passage pour aller aux autres pièces, entrée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vestibule · vestibule · French

vestibule · rank #30,423 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,423
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verraient

Nearest frequency peer: verraient (-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 « vestibule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vestibule » 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).

vestibule vs vésicule
67% similar

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

Key facts for vestibule
PropertyValue
Headwordvestibule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛs.ti.byl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,423
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vestibule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vestibulese 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 « verraient » (#30,422), « virulent » (#30,424), « Verdon » (#30,421). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vestibule » est au #30,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around vestibule (IPA \vɛs.ti.byl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,423 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for vestibule, with forms such as "evstibule", "vesitbule", and "vesstibule". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vésicule", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vestibule, spelled V-E-S-T-I-B-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce d’un édifice qui s’offre la première à ceux qui entrent et qui sert de passage pour aller aux autres pièces, entrée.
  2. 2
    Cavité de forme irrégulière qui fait partie du labyrinthe de l’oreille.
  3. 3
    Ce qui conduit vers autre chose ; ce qui le précède.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 9 décembre 1776, sur les sept heures du soir, une voiture […] traversa la cour de l’hôtel des finances, et s’arrêta devant le vestibule qui menait au grand escalier.
  2. J’étais bien triste en poussant la lourde porte à poulie, dont le grelottement se prolongeait dans le vestibule.

Synonyms

antichambrehall d'entréeentréeportique

This word in other languages

vestibule(English)vestíbulo(Español)Diele(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evstibule
  • vesitbule
  • vesstibule
  • vestbiule
  • vestibbule
  • vestiblue
  • vestibuel
  • vestibulle
  • vestiuble
  • vesttibule
  • vetsibule
  • vsetibule
  • vvestibule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

evstibule2vesitbule2vesstibule1vestbiule2vestibbule1vestiblue2vestibuel2vestibulle1
Edit distance from "vestibule"

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 "vestibule"?
"vestibule" is spelled V-E-S-T-I-B-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛs.ti.byl\.
What does "vestibule" mean?
As a noun, "vestibule" means: Pièce d’un édifice qui s’offre la première à ceux qui entrent et qui sert de passage pour aller aux autres pièces, entrée.
What words are commonly confused with "vestibule"?
"vestibule" is commonly confused with "vésicule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vestibule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vestibule" is \vɛs.ti.byl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vestibule" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verraient#30,422véhiculer#30,428unitaires#30,413éclairant#30,437

Similar misspelling depth

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

Siegfried13 variantsshepherd13 variantsSchubert13 variantssavoureuse13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list