vidéosurveillance
\vi.de.o.syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\
The verdict
“vidéosurveillance” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #21,497 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,497
- frequency rank, French
- 17
- letters
- 24
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Télésurveillance par caméra interposée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vidéosurveillance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.de.o.syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #21,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vidéosurveillance” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vidéosurveillance is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vi.de.o.syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,497 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Télésurveillance par caméra interposée.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for vidéosurveillance, with forms such as "ivdéosurveillance", "vdiéosurveillance", and "viddéosurveillance". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vidéosurveillance, spelled V-I-D-É-O-S-U-R-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Télésurveillance par caméra interposée.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivdéosurveillance,vdiéosurveillance,viddéosurveillance,videosurveillance,vidoésurveillance,vidéosruveillance,vidéossurveillance,vidéosurevillance,vidéosurrveillance,vidéosurveilalnce,vidéosurveilance,vidéosurveillacne,vidéosurveillancce,vidéosurveillanec,vidéosurveillannce,vidéosurveillnace,vidéosurvelilance,vidéosurviellance,vidéosurvveillance,vidéosuvreillance,vidéousrveillance,vidésourveillance,viédosurveillance,vvidéosurveillance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vidéosurveillance - 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.
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.
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Using “vidéosurveillance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-D-É-O-S-U-R-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vi.de.o.syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.