victory

/\ˈvɪk.tə.ri\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,591

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

victory is aFrenchnoun. It means: Victoire. Pronounced \ˈvɪk.tə.ri\. Often confused with Vitry and Viktor.

Key facts for victory
PropertyValue
Headwordvictory
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈvɪk.tə.ri\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,591
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for victory is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈvɪk.tə.ri\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,591 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Victoire.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for victory, with forms such as "ivctory", "vcitory", and "vicctory". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Vitry", "Viktor", "victor", 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 victory, spelled V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Victoire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivctory,vcitory,vicctory,vicotry,victorry,victoryy,victoyr,victroy,victtory,vitcory,vvictory

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for victory

Misspelling Variants of "victory"

ivctory7vcitory7vicctory8vicotry7victorry8victoryy8victoyr7victroy7
Misspelling Variants of "victory"

Frequency rank: #41,591 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "victory"?
"victory" is spelled V-I-C-T-O-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈvɪk.tə.ri\.
What does "victory" mean?
As a noun, "victory" means: Victoire.
What words are commonly confused with "victory"?
"victory" is commonly confused with "Vitry", "Viktor", "victor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "victory"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "victory" is \ˈvɪk.tə.ri\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "victory" come from?
"victory" 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.