vies

\vi\

/\vi\/ noun

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The verdict

“vies” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,049) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,049
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de vie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vies · vies · French

vies · rank #3,049 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,049
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH têtes

Nearest frequency peer: têtes (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « vies »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « vies » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

vies vs vs
50% similar
vies vs vos
50% similar
vies vs vue
50% similar

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

Key facts for vies
PropertyValue
Headwordvies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,049
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « vies »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).viesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « têtes » (#3,048), « voyons » (#3,050), « transition » (#3,047). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vies » est au #3,049. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for vies is neighbouring look-alikes ("vs", "vos", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \vi\. Frequency #3,049 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Pluriel de vie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for vies, with forms such as "veis", "viess", and "vise". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vs", "vos", "vue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 vies, spelled V-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de vie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La cohabitation était assez harmonieuse mais les deux communautés menaient des vies distinctes. Les enfants juifs fréquentaient l’école du kheider, les enfants catholiques l’école de leur église.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • veis
  • viess
  • vise
  • vvies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vies - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

veis2viess1vise2vvies1
Edit distance from "vies"

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 "vies"?
"vies" is spelled V-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vi\.
What does "vies" mean?
As a noun, "vies" means: Pluriel de vie.
What words are commonly confused with "vies"?
"vies" is commonly confused with "vs", "vos", "vue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vies" is \vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vies" come from?
"vies" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ange#3,053paye#3,028miss#3,086grec#3,006

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list