viande

/\vjɑ̃d\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,551

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

viande is aFrenchnoun. It means: Toute nourriture, carnée ou non. Pronounced \vjɑ̃d\. It ranks #2,551 in French word frequency. Often confused with vide and vine.

Key facts for viande
PropertyValue
Headwordviande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vjɑ̃d\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,551
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for viande is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vjɑ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,551 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for viande, with forms such as "ivande", "vainde", and "viadne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "vide", "vine", "vigne", 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 viande, spelled V-I-A-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toute nourriture, carnée ou non.
  2. 2
    Chair d’un animal utilisée pour la nourriture, y compris celle des coquillages, des crustacés, et des poissons ; par opposition aux nourritures végétales et aux œufs.
  3. 3
    Chair animale utilisée pour la nourriture, à l’exclusion du poisson et des fruits de mer.
  4. 4
    Partie charnue du corps humain.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivande,vainde,viadne,viandde,vianed,viannde,vinade,vviande

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for viande

Misspelling Variants of "viande"

ivande6vainde6viadne6viandde7vianed6viannde7vinade6vviande7
Misspelling Variants of "viande"

Frequency rank: #2,551 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "viande"?
"viande" is spelled V-I-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɑ̃d\.
What does "viande" mean?
As a noun, "viande" means: Toute nourriture, carnée ou non.
What words are commonly confused with "viande"?
"viande" is commonly confused with "vide", "vine", "vigne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "viande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "viande" is \vjɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "viande" come from?
"viande" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.