vieillards

\vjɛ.jaʁ\

/\vjɛ.jaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“vieillards” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,075
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-vieillards · vieillards · French

vieillards · rank #24,075 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,075
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vibrant

Nearest frequency peer: vibrant (-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 « vieillards »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vieillards » 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).

vieillards vs vieillard
90% similar

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

Key facts for vieillards
PropertyValue
Headwordvieillards
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vjɛ.jaʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#24,075
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vieillards »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vibrant » (#24,074), « vocable » (#24,076), « V2 » (#24,073). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vieillards » est au #24,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around vieillards (IPA \vjɛ.jaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,075 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de vieillard.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for vieillards, with forms such as "iveillards", "veiillards", and "vieilalrds". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vieillard", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vieillards, spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-A-R-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de vieillard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En bas, la première fournée des plaignants emplissait déjà la salle du guichet : le crémier du coin pleurant la disparition d’une caisse de camemberts, deux vieillards qui s’étaient entre-giflés devant la portière d’un autobus, un squatter et sa famille nécessiteuse expulsés d’une cave sous la menace d’un sabre de cavalerie, une grosse dame soulagée de so…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iveillards
  • veiillards
  • vieilalrds
  • vieilards
  • vieilladrs
  • vieillardds
  • vieillardss
  • vieillarrds
  • vieillarsd
  • vieillrads
  • vielilards
  • viiellards
  • vvieillards

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vieillards - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iveillards2veiillards2vieilalrds2vieilards1vieilladrs2vieillardds1vieillardss1vieillarrds1
Edit distance from "vieillards"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list