Vienne

\vjɛn\

/\vjɛn\/ name

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The verdict

“Vienne” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,205
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’Autriche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vienne · Vienne · French

Vienne · rank #2,205 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,205
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verra

Nearest frequency peer: verra (-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 « Vienne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Vienne » 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).

Vienne vs vine
50% similar
Vienne vs vient
50% similar
Vienne vs viens
50% similar

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

Key facts for Vienne
PropertyValue
HeadwordVienne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vjɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,205
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Vienne »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Viennese 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 « verra » (#2,204), « vive » (#2,206), « veille » (#2,203). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Vienne » est au #2,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Vienne (IPA \vjɛn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,205 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vienne, with forms such as "ivenne", "veinne", and "viene". 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, "vine", "vient", "viens", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct French form is Vienne, spelled V-I-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale de l’Autriche.
  2. 2
    Land d’Autriche, enclavé dans celui de Basse-Autriche, ayant pour capitale la ville de Vienne.
  3. 3
    Petite rivière affluent du Danube traversant la ville de Vienne en Autriche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il existe à Vienne une ordonnance de police qui défend de fumer dans les rues ; chaque individu, au moment d’arriver sous la porte du rempart, éteint sa pipe sans murmurer, sauf à la rallumer quand il sortira de la ville.
  2. Le plus court espace de tems, où l'on fasse le trajet à Vienne avec une de ces Zillen est de 8 à 10 jours, sans aucun séjour extraordinaire en route; […].

This word in other languages

Vienna(English)Viena(Español)Wien(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivenne
  • veinne
  • viene
  • vienen
  • vinene
  • vvienne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivenne2veinne2viene1vienen2vinene2vvienne1
Edit distance from "Vienne"

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 "Vienne"?
"Vienne" is spelled V-I-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɛn\.
What does "Vienne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vienne" means: Capitale de l’Autriche.
What words are commonly confused with "Vienne"?
"Vienne" is commonly confused with "vine", "vient", "viens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vienne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vienne" is \vjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vienne" come from?
"Vienne" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

veille#2,203épouse#2,208aiment#2,210aspect#2,214

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

arbre6 variantsRang6 variantsennemi6 variantsmonte6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list