vieillissante
\vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\
The verdict
“vieillissante” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,064
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de vieillissant.
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 | vieillissante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #41,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vieillissante” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around vieillissante (IPA \vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,064 among 148,117 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de vieillissant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for vieillissante, with forms such as "iveillissante", "veiillissante", and "vieililssante". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vieillissent", "vieillissant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vieillissante, spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-I-S-S-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de vieillissant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iveillissante,veiillissante,vieililssante,vieilissante,vieillisante,vieillisasnte,vieillissanet,vieillissannte,vieillissantte,vieillissatne,vieillissnate,vieillsisante,vielilissante,viiellissante,vvieillissante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vieillissante - 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.
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 “vieillissante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-E-I-L-L-I-S-S-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vieillissent” - see the side-by-side comparison. vieillissante vs vieillissent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.