vieilli

\vje.ji\

/\vje.ji\/ adj

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The verdict

“vieilli” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,536
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a pris un coup de vieux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vieilli · vieilli · French

vieilli · rank #15,536 · 7 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,536
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH versée

Nearest frequency peer: versée (-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 « vieilli »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vieilli » 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).

vieilli vs vielle
71% similar
vieilli vs vieillir
88% similar
vieilli vs vieillit
88% similar

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

Key facts for vieilli
PropertyValue
Headwordvieilli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vje.ji\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,536
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vieilli »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « versée » (#15,535), « view » (#15,537), « verdure » (#15,534). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vieilli » est au #15,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vieilli (IPA \vje.ji\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,536 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vieilli, with forms such as "iveilli", "veiilli", and "vieili". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "vielle", "vieillir", "vieillit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 vieilli, spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a pris un coup de vieux.
  2. 2
    Qui est devenu suranné, qui date d’une autre époque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je le trouve bien vieilli.
  2. Un mot vieilli.

This word in other languages

aged(English)abgelagert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iveilli
  • veiilli
  • vieili
  • vieilil
  • vielili
  • viielli
  • vvieilli

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iveilli2veiilli2vieili1vieilil2vielili2viielli2vvieilli1
Edit distance from "vieilli"

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 "vieilli"?
"vieilli" is spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \vje.ji\.
What does "vieilli" mean?
As an adjective, "vieilli" means: Qui a pris un coup de vieux.
What words are commonly confused with "vieilli"?
"vieilli" is commonly confused with "vielle", "vieillir", "vieillit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vieilli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vieilli" is \vje.ji\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vieilli" come from?
"vieilli" 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 "vieilli", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

verdure#15,534vendant#15,533syntaxe#15,518aisance#15,558

Similar misspelling depth

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

villas7 variantswater7 variantsvante7 variantssaurez7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list