vieillissante

\vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\

/\vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\/ adj

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
2,061
“V” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de vieillissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vieillissante · vieillissante · French

vieillissante · rank #41,064 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,064
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH viendrez

Nearest frequency peer: viendrez (+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 « vieillissante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vieillissante » 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).

vieillissante vs vieillissent
85% similar
vieillissante vs vieillissant
92% similar

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

Key facts for vieillissante
PropertyValue
Headwordvieillissante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\
Letters13
Frequency rank#41,064
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vieillissante »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vieillissantese 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 « viendrez » (#41,065), « videur » (#41,062), « vicissitudes » (#41,061). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vieillissante » est au #41,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around vieillissante (IPA \vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,064 among 2,061 “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

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de vieillissant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On peut aussi penser que ce délai n’est pas suffisant pour que cette réglementation puisse être considérée comme vieillissante ou dépassée.
  2. C’est-à-dire, dans son langage : tarderie. Et tarderie provinciale. Non seulement elle est moche, mais elle est en outre vieillissante ; et pis encore que vieillissante, elle est godiche.

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.

iveillissante2veiillissante2vieililssante2vieilissante1vieillisante1vieillisasnte2vieillissanet2vieillissannte1
Edit distance from "vieillissante"

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 "vieillissante"?
"vieillissante" is spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-I-S-S-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\.
What does "vieillissante" mean?
As an adjective, "vieillissante" means: Féminin singulier de vieillissant.
What words are commonly confused with "vieillissante"?
"vieillissante" is commonly confused with "vieillissent", "vieillissant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vieillissante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vieillissante" is \vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vieillissante" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vieillissante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list