viaduc

\vja.dyk\

/\vja.dyk\/ noun

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The verdict

“viaduc” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,886
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pont haut et long construit pour le passage d’un chemin de fer ou d’une route au dessus d’une vallée ou d’un bras de mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-viaduc · viaduc · French

viaduc · rank #20,886 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,886
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verbaux

Nearest frequency peer: verbaux (-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 « viaduc »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « viaduc » 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).

viaduc vs Viau
50% similar
viaduc vs viaducs
86% similar

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

Key facts for viaduc
PropertyValue
Headwordviaduc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vja.dyk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,886
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « viaduc »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).viaducse 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 « verbaux » (#20,885), « vieillit » (#20,887), « vanité » (#20,884). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « viaduc » est au #20,886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around viaduc (IPA \vja.dyk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,886 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for viaduc, with forms such as "ivaduc", "vaiduc", and "viadcu". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Viau", "viaducs", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is viaduc, spelled V-I-A-D-U-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pont haut et long construit pour le passage d’un chemin de fer ou d’une route au dessus d’une vallée ou d’un bras de mer.
  2. 2
    Pont routier ou ferroviaire qui enjambe spécifiquement une autre voie de circulation, plutôt qu’un obstacle naturel.
  3. 3
    Suite de plusieurs jours non travaillés englobant plus d’un jour férié associé à des congés payés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En 1865 nous avons dessiné un pont d’acier à modillons, d’une travée de 300 mètres, pour un viaduc que l’on projetait d’établir sur le Severn, près du lieu où passe actuellement le tunnel.
  2. Son regard s’oriente vers la fenêtre, les saules qui masquent la rivière, la courbe du grand viaduc qui disparaît dans les nuages.

This word in other languages

viaduct(English)viaducto(Español)Viadukt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivaduc
  • vaiduc
  • viadcu
  • viadduc
  • viaducc
  • viaudc
  • vidauc
  • vviaduc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivaduc2vaiduc2viadcu2viadduc1viaducc1viaudc2vidauc2vviaduc1
Edit distance from "viaduc"

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 "viaduc"?
"viaduc" is spelled V-I-A-D-U-C. The IPA pronunciation is \vja.dyk\.
What does "viaduc" mean?
As a noun, "viaduc" means: Pont haut et long construit pour le passage d’un chemin de fer ou d’une route au dessus d’une vallée ou d’un bras de mer.
What words are commonly confused with "viaduc"?
"viaduc" is commonly confused with "Viau", "viaducs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "viaduc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "viaduc" is \vja.dyk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "viaduc" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vanité#20,884vigile#20,888vaille#20,883twitch#20,881

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

twist8 variantsérigée8 variantstrader8 variantsanders8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list