Viagra

\vja.ɡʁa\

/\vja.ɡʁa\/ name

The verdict

“Viagra” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,019
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Citrate de sildénafil, médicament contre l’impuissance sexuelle et l’hypertension artérielle pulmonaire, développé par la firme pharmaceutique Pfizer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-viagra · Viagra · French

Viagra · rank #30,019 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,019
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH VHS

Nearest frequency peer: VHS (-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 « Viagra »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Viagra » 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).

Viagra vs vivra
50% similar
Viagra vs Vieira
67% similar
Viagra vs viager
50% similar

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

Key facts for Viagra
PropertyValue
HeadwordViagra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vja.ɡʁa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,019
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Viagra »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Viagrase 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 « VHS » (#30,018), « Vicente » (#30,020), « verdi » (#30,017). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Viagra » est au #30,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Viagra (IPA \vja.ɡʁa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,019 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Citrate de sildénafil, médicament contre l’impuissance sexuelle et l’hypertension artérielle pulmonaire, développé par la firme pharmaceutique Pfizer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Viagra, with forms such as "ivagra", "vaigra", and "viagar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "vivra", "Vieira", "viager", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Viagra, spelled V-I-A-G-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Citrate de sildénafil, médicament contre l’impuissance sexuelle et l’hypertension artérielle pulmonaire, développé par la firme pharmaceutique Pfizer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. H.C. m’apprend qu’une fois par semaine il se rend aux Champs-Élysées dans le luxueux appartement d’une dame qui lui accorde une heure au tarif de mille cinq cents francs, préservatif compris. Soit. Pourtant je m’étonne quand il précise que, pour lui faire honneur, il doit quelques minutes avant prendre une pilule de Viagra (il lui faut une ordonnance pour…
  2. Le Viagra supprime ce trouble constitutif du moi ; de ce fait, il dépsychologise autant qu’il déségoïse la sexualité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivagra
  • vaigra
  • viagar
  • viaggra
  • viagrra
  • viarga
  • vigara
  • vviagra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Viagra - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ivagra2vaigra2viagar2viaggra1viagrra1viarga2vigara2vviagra1
Edit distance from "Viagra"

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 "Viagra"?
"Viagra" is spelled V-I-A-G-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \vja.ɡʁa\.
What does "Viagra" mean?
As a proper noun, "Viagra" means: Citrate de sildénafil, médicament contre l’impuissance sexuelle et l’hypertension artérielle pulmonaire, développé par la firme pharmaceutique Pfizer.
What words are commonly confused with "Viagra"?
"Viagra" is commonly confused with "vivra", "Vieira", "viager". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Viagra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Viagra" is \vja.ɡʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Viagra" come from?
"Viagra" 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 "Viagra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list