Vidal

\vi.dal\

/\vi.dal\/ name

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The verdict

“Vidal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,282
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Vital.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vidal · Vidal · French

Vidal · rank #15,282 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,282
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vibrer

Nearest frequency peer: vibrer (-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 « Vidal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Vidal » 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).

Vidal vs vil
40% similar
Vidal vs vide
40% similar
Vidal vs viol
40% similar

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

Key facts for Vidal
PropertyValue
HeadwordVidal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vi.dal\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,282
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Vidal »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Vidalse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vibrer » (#15,281), « vestimentaire » (#15,280), « volley » (#15,284). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Vidal » est au #15,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Vidal (IPA \vi.dal\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,282 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de Vital.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vidal, with forms such as "ivdal", "vdial", and "viadl". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vil", "vide", "viol", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Vidal, spelled V-I-D-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Vital.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vidal Modiano.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivdal
  • vdial
  • viadl
  • vidall
  • viddal
  • vidla
  • vvidal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vidal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ivdal2vdial2viadl2vidall1viddal1vidla2vvidal1
Edit distance from "Vidal"

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 "Vidal"?
"Vidal" is spelled V-I-D-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.dal\.
What does "Vidal" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vidal" means: Variante de Vital.
What words are commonly confused with "Vidal"?
"Vidal" is commonly confused with "vil", "vide", "viol". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vidal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vidal" is \vi.dal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vidal" come from?
"Vidal" 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 "Vidal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

woody#15,285Abdel#15,293today#15,271agira#15,298

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

volley7 variantsrenom7 variantscouette7 variantsdessein7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list