vestige

\vɛs.tiʒ\

/\vɛs.tiʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“vestige” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,805
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empreinte du pied d’un homme ou d’un animal, marquée dans l’endroit où il a marché.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vestige · vestige · French

vestige · rank #24,805 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,805
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verrouillage

Nearest frequency peer: verrouillage (-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 « vestige »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vestige » 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).

vestige vs voltige
71% similar
vestige vs vestiges
88% similar
vestige vs veste
71% similar

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

Key facts for vestige
PropertyValue
Headwordvestige
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛs.tiʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,805
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vestige »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vestigese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « verrouillage » (#24,804), « viendraient » (#24,806), « verge » (#24,803). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vestige » est au #24,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vestige (IPA \vɛs.tiʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,805 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vestige, with forms such as "evstige", "vesitge", and "vesstige". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "voltige", "vestiges", "veste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 vestige, spelled V-E-S-T-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Empreinte du pied d’un homme ou d’un animal, marquée dans l’endroit où il a marché.
  2. 2
    Restes d’une chose détruite ou disparue ; ruine.
  3. 3
    Souvenirs d'une chose abstraite ; trace.
  4. 4
    Organe ou structure réduit, atrophié ou sans fonction apparente, vestige d’une fonction ancienne.
  5. 5
    Structure réduite ou sans fonction, ou bien structure qui conserve la trace de son origine évolutive, même si elle exerce aujourd’hui une autre fonction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans dix ans, parmi les vestiges de Beaumat, les souffles du vent, les croassements des corbeaux et la chute des pierres retentiront seuls ; nulle oreille humaine ne les entendra et la cloche du village elle-même se taira, fatiguée de tinter seulement pour les morts.
  2. Dans les environs, deux merveilleuses églises : celle de Ham-en-Artois, vestige imposant et vénérable de l'abbaye Saint-Sauveur; celle de Guarbecque, près de la petite ville de Saint-Venant, où triomphe aussi l'art roman.

This word in other languages

vestige(English)vestigio(Español)vestígio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evstige
  • vesitge
  • vesstige
  • vestgie
  • vestieg
  • vestigge
  • vesttige
  • vetsige
  • vsetige
  • vvestige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vestige - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evstige2vesitge2vesstige1vestgie2vestieg2vestigge1vesttige1vetsige2
Edit distance from "vestige"

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 "vestige"?
"vestige" is spelled V-E-S-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛs.tiʒ\.
What does "vestige" mean?
As a noun, "vestige" means: Empreinte du pied d’un homme ou d’un animal, marquée dans l’endroit où il a marché.
What words are commonly confused with "vestige"?
"vestige" is commonly confused with "voltige", "vestiges", "veste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vestige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vestige" is \vɛs.tiʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vestige" come from?
"vestige" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Viviane#24,812voyance#24,813toxines#24,796tiennes#24,793

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

économe10 variantssolennel10 variantssaurons10 variantsadmirez10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list