vêtement

/\vɛt.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,015

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

vêtement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui sert à se vêtir. Pronounced \vɛt.mɑ̃\. It ranks #7,015 in French word frequency. Often confused with vivement and virement.

Key facts for vêtement
PropertyValue
Headwordvêtement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛt.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,015
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vêtement is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛt.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,015 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for vêtement, with forms such as "vetement", "vtêement", and "vvêtement". 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, "vivement", "virement", "vêtements", and more, 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 vêtement, spelled V-Ê-T-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui sert à se vêtir.
  2. 2
    Pièce formée par quatre triangles, qui couvrent les quatre angles de l'écu, de manière à ne laisser voir du champ que la forme d'une grande losange.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: vetement,vtêement,vvêtement,vêetment,vêteemnt,vêtemennt,vêtementt,vêtemetn,vêtemment,vêtemnet,vêtmeent,vêttement,êvtement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vêtement

Misspelling Variants of "vêtement"

vetement8vtêement8vvêtement9vêetment8vêteemnt8vêtemennt9vêtementt9vêtemetn8
Misspelling Variants of "vêtement"

Frequency rank: #7,015 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vêtement"?
"vêtement" is spelled V-Ê-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛt.mɑ̃\.
What does "vêtement" mean?
As a noun, "vêtement" means: Ce qui sert à se vêtir.
What words are commonly confused with "vêtement"?
"vêtement" is commonly confused with "vivement", "virement", "vêtements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vêtement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vêtement" is \vɛt.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vêtement" come from?
"vêtement" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.