vielle

/\vjɛl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,035

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vielle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Instrument de musique à cordes, dont on joue par le moyen de touches et d’une roue qu’on tourne avec une manivelle, qui permet de faire sonner les cordes mélodiques et bourdon, et, par accélération... Pronounced \vjɛl\. Often confused with vile and ville.

Key facts for vielle
PropertyValue
Headwordvielle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vjɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,035
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vielle in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vielle is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vjɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,035 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Instrument de musique à cordes, dont on joue par le moyen de touches et d’une roue qu’on tourne avec une manivelle, qui permet de faire sonner les cordes mélodiques et bourdon, et, par accélération...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vielle, with forms such as "ivelle", "viele", and "vielel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vile", "ville", "villa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is vielle, spelled V-I-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument de musique à cordes, dont on joue par le moyen de touches et d’une roue qu’on tourne avec une manivelle, qui permet de faire sonner les cordes mélodiques et bourdon, et, par accélérations rapides, de faire vibrer la corde trompette et le chien pour donner un son caractéristique grésillant.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivelle,viele,vielel,vilele,vvielle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vielle

Misspelling Variants of "vielle"

ivelle6viele5vielel6vilele6vvielle7
Misspelling Variants of "vielle"

Frequency rank: #17,035 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vielle"?
"vielle" is spelled V-I-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɛl\.
What does "vielle" mean?
As a noun, "vielle" means: Instrument de musique à cordes, dont on joue par le moyen de touches et d’une roue qu’on tourne avec une manivelle, qui permet de faire sonner les cordes mélodiques et bourdon, et, par accélération...
What words are commonly confused with "vielle"?
"vielle" is commonly confused with "vile", "ville", "villa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vielle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vielle" is \vjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vielle" come from?
"vielle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.