vigan
\vi.ɡɑ̃\
The verdict
“vigan” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #50,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #50,000
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros drap de laine foulée, de faible qualité, ni tondu, ni peigné, il contenait 960 fils de chaîne pour une largeur de 3/4 d'aune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vigan · vigan · French
vigan · rank #50,000 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #50,000
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH versera
Nearest frequency peer: versera (-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 « vigan »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- vaillante
vaillante
50,005 corpus weight
- velléité
velléité
50,003 corpus weight
- versera
versera
50,002 corpus weight
- vigan
vigan
50,001 corpus weight
- virils
virils
50,000 corpus weight
- Vivarais
Vivarais
49,998 corpus weight
What this shows « vigan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vigan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ɡɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vigan »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around vigan (IPA \vi.ɡɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #50,000 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gros drap de laine foulée, de faible qualité, ni tondu, ni peigné, il contenait 960 fils de chaîne pour une largeur de 3/4 d'aune.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vigan, with forms such as "ivgan", "vgian", and "viagn". 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, "vin", "visa", "vita", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vigan, spelled V-I-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Gros drap de laine foulée, de faible qualité, ni tondu, ni peigné, il contenait 960 fils de chaîne pour une largeur de 3/4 d'aune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vigan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vigan est un gros drap porté par les paysans en veste ou manteau de pluie, …. — (Denise Turrel, les enfants bleus et les enfants rouges in Le peuple des villes dans l’Europe du Nord-Oues, Éd. Ph. Guignet, 2002)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivgan
- vgian
- viagn
- vigann
- viggan
- vigna
- vvigan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vigan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).