vicomte

\vi.kɔ̃t\

/\vi.kɔ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“vicomte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,710. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,710
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieutenant du comte, puis du seigneur d’une terre qui avait le titre de vicomté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vicomte · vicomte · French

vicomte · rank #13,710 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,710
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH utopie

Nearest frequency peer: utopie (-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 « vicomte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vicomte » 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).

vicomte vs Vicente
57% similar

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

Key facts for vicomte
PropertyValue
Headwordvicomte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.kɔ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,710
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vicomte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vicomtese 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 « utopie » (#13,709), « victorieux » (#13,711), « turbo » (#13,708). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vicomte » est au #13,710. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vicomte (IPA \vi.kɔ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,710 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vicomte, with forms such as "ivcomte", "vciomte", and "viccomte". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Vicente", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vicomte, spelled V-I-C-O-M-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieutenant du comte, puis du seigneur d’une terre qui avait le titre de vicomté.
  2. 2
    Simple titre de noblesse, plus bas que le comte et plus haut que le baron.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En 1240, ce jeune vicomte Raymond de Trincavel, dernier des vicomtes de Béziers, […] s’empare, sans se heurter à une sérieuse résistance, des châteaux de Montréal, des villes de Montolieu, de Saissac, de Limoux, d’Azillan, de Laurens et se présente devant Carcassonne.
  2. Le prêtre s'inclina: « Oui, Madame, c'est le fils du vicomte Jean de Lamare, mort l'an dernier. »

This word in other languages

viscount(English)vizconde(Español)Vicomte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivcomte
  • vciomte
  • viccomte
  • vicmote
  • vicomet
  • vicommte
  • vicomtte
  • vicotme
  • viocmte
  • vvicomte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vicomte - 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.

ivcomte2vciomte2viccomte1vicmote2vicomet2vicommte1vicomtte1vicotme2
Edit distance from "vicomte"

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 "vicomte"?
"vicomte" is spelled V-I-C-O-M-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.kɔ̃t\.
What does "vicomte" mean?
As a noun, "vicomte" means: Lieutenant du comte, puis du seigneur d’une terre qui avait le titre de vicomté.
What words are commonly confused with "vicomte"?
"vicomte" is commonly confused with "Vicente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vicomte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vicomte" is \vi.kɔ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vicomte" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

toiture#13,705stérile#13,697sphères#13,694aliment#13,727

Similar misspelling depth

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

syndic10 variantsaffronte10 variantsallongée10 variantsbananes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list