vidange

\vi.dɑ̃ʒ\

/\vi.dɑ̃ʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“vidange” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,413
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-vidange · vidange · French

vidange · rank #23,413 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,413
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vendez

Nearest frequency peer: vendez (-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 « vidange »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vidange » 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).

vidange vs visage
71% similar
vidange vs virage
71% similar
vidange vs vivante
71% similar

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

Key facts for vidange
PropertyValue
Headwordvidange
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.dɑ̃ʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,413
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vidange »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vidangese 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 « vendez » (#23,412), « vigilants » (#23,414), « wan » (#23,415). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vidange » est au #23,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vidange (IPA \vi.dɑ̃ʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,413 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vidange, with forms such as "ivdange", "vdiange", and "viadnge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "visage", "virage", "vivante", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vidange, spelled V-I-D-A-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de vider.
  2. 2
    Opération par laquelle on vide une fosse d’aisances.
  3. 3
    Remplacement de l’huile d’un moteur.
  4. 4
    Opération consistant à évacuer l’eau stockée dans un barrage, une retenue ou un réservoir, par ouverture des organes de vidange, afin d’assurer la sécurité, la gestion des crues ou la maintenance de l’ouvrage.
  5. 5
    État d’un récipient qui n’est pas plein.
  6. 6
    Bouteille consignée ; cadavre de bouteille.
  7. 7
    Désigne les matières, les immondices retirées d’un lieu qu’on vide ou qu’on nettoie.
  8. 8
    Ordure, déchet.
  9. 9
    Débardage des bois d’une coupe.
  10. 10
    Cloisonnement intermédiaire, dont s’embranchent d’autres cloisonnements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le volume de lisier contenu dans la tonne étant connu, il suffit de chronométrer le temps de vidange pour pouvoir calculer le débit de vidange.
  2. Zola… C’est l’Homère de la vidange !

Synonyms

vidagevidangeagechangement d’huile

This word in other languages

emptying(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivdange
  • vdiange
  • viadnge
  • vidagne
  • vidaneg
  • vidangge
  • vidannge
  • viddange
  • vidnage
  • vvidange

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivdange2vdiange2viadnge2vidagne2vidaneg2vidangge1vidannge1viddange1
Edit distance from "vidange"

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

Same letter count

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

without#23,419étendus#23,432animent#23,446autocar#23,456

Similar misspelling depth

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

tracés10 variantsaffaiblie10 variantsapparaisse10 variantsavenant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list