Vientiane
\vjɛ̃.tjan\
The verdict
“Vientiane” is uncommon French (frequency #74,465 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,465
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capitale du Laos.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vientiane · Vientiane · French
Vientiane · rank #74,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,465
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 148,117
- PHOTO-FINISH viewer
Nearest frequency peer: viewer (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Vientiane”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verus
verus
25,540 corpus weight
- VGE
VGE
25,539 corpus weight
- Viaud
Viaud
25,538 corpus weight
- Vientiane
Vientiane
25,536 corpus weight
- viewer
viewer
25,535 corpus weight
- vigilantes
vigilantes
25,534 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Vientiane” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vientiane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \vjɛ̃.tjan\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vientiane” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Vientiane is uncommon French at frequency #74,465 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vjɛ̃.tjan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitale du Laos.".
Vientiane doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Vientiane, spelled V-I-E-N-T-I-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Capitale du Laos.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vientiane", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.