victime

\vik.tim\

/\vik.tim\/ noun

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The verdict

“victime” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,307
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Créature vivante offerte en sacrifice à la divinité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-victime · victime · French

victime · rank #1,307 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,307
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH venu

Nearest frequency peer: venu (-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 « victime »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « victime » 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).

victime vs victoire
75% similar
victime vs victimes
88% similar
victime vs vicaire
71% similar

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

Key facts for victime
PropertyValue
Headwordvictime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vik.tim\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,307
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « victime »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).victimese 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 « venu » (#1,306), « écoles » (#1,308), « vendre » (#1,305). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « victime » est au #1,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around victime (IPA \vik.tim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,307 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for victime, with forms such as "ivctime", "vcitime", and "vicctime". 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, "victoire", "victimes", "vicaire", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is victime, spelled V-I-C-T-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Créature vivante offerte en sacrifice à la divinité.
  2. 2
    Personne qui se sacrifie pour une cause supérieure, spécialement d’ordre patriotique ou religieux.
  3. 3
    Personne qui est sacrifiée aux intérêts, aux passions d’autrui ou à qui ses propres passions, ses défauts ou même ses qualités sont funestes.
  4. 4
    Personne qui a été tuée ou blessée dans un accident, dans un crime, dans une épidémie, dans une catastrophe, etc.
  5. 5
    Personne qui subit, qui ne se rebelle pas ; couard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieu triste, Dieu jaloux qui dérobes ta face, Dieu qui mentais, disant que ton œuvre était bon, Mon souffle, ô Pétrisseur de l’antique limon, Un jour redressera ta victime vivace. Tu lui diras : Adore ! Elle répondra : non !
  2. Victime propitiatoire. — Victime expiatoire. — Immoler des victimes.

Synonyms

miskinemartyroffrandesacrificesacrifiésinistrésoumis

Antonyms

agresseurassassinbanditbourreaumeurtriervioleur

This word in other languages

victim(English)víctima(Español)Opfer(Deutsch)vítima(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivctime
  • vcitime
  • vicctime
  • vicitme
  • victiem
  • victimme
  • victmie
  • victtime
  • vitcime
  • vvictime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivctime2vcitime2vicctime1vicitme2victiem2victimme1victmie2victtime1
Edit distance from "victime"

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 "victime"?
"victime" is spelled V-I-C-T-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vik.tim\.
What does "victime" mean?
As a noun, "victime" means: Créature vivante offerte en sacrifice à la divinité.
What words are commonly confused with "victime"?
"victime" is commonly confused with "victoire", "victimes", "vicaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "victime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "victime" is \vik.tim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "victime" come from?
"victime" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

équipes#1,311surface#1,302Londres#1,297bonheur#1,318

Similar misspelling depth

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

aimerais10 variantsallemand10 variantschoisir10 variantsfamilles10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list