vieillard
\vjɛ.jaʁ\
The verdict
“vieillard” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,035
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme d’un âge avancé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieillard · vieillard · French
vieillard · rank #16,035 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,035
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vertige
Nearest frequency peer: vertige (-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 « vieillard »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- trousse
trousse
83,969 corpus weight
- vedettes
vedettes
83,968 corpus weight
- vertige
vertige
83,967 corpus weight
- vieillard
vieillard
83,966 corpus weight
- VR
VR
83,965 corpus weight
- vulnérabili…
vulnérabilité
83,964 corpus weight
What this shows « vieillard » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vieillard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjɛ.jaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vieillard »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around vieillard (IPA \vjɛ.jaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,035 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vieillard, with forms such as "iveillard", "veiillard", and "vieilalrd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Villard", "vieillir", "vieillards", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vieillard, spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Homme d’un âge avancé.
- 2Personnes d’un âge avancé, hommes ou femmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vieillard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vieillard, qui revient vers la source première, Entre aux jours éternels et sort des jours changeants ; Et l’on voit de la flamme aux yeux des jeunes gens, Mais dans l’œil du vieillard on voit de la lumière.
Nous avons connu des vieillards qui étaient, hélas ! ce que nous ne sommes plus, c’est-à-dire des hommes de bonne compagnie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iveillard
- veiillard
- vieilalrd
- vieilard
- vieilladr
- vieillardd
- vieillarrd
- vieillrad
- vielilard
- viiellard
- vvieillard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vieillard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).