vigie
\vi.ʒi\
The verdict
“vigie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,094. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,094
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentinelle, marin qui surveille les alentours.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vigie · vigie · French
vigie · rank #38,094 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,094
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Victorienne
Nearest frequency peer: Victorienne (-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 « vigie »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- urs
urs
61,910 corpus weight
- usuelle
usuelle
61,909 corpus weight
- Victorienne
Victorienne
61,908 corpus weight
- vigie
vigie
61,907 corpus weight
- Villeroy
Villeroy
61,906 corpus weight
- Vilnius
Vilnius
61,905 corpus weight
What this shows « vigie » 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 | vigie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #38,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vigie »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around vigie (IPA \vi.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,094 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vigie, with forms such as "ivgie", "vgiie", and "vigei". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vite", "voie", "vive", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vigie, spelled V-I-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Sentinelle, marin qui surveille les alentours.
- 2Poste d’observation d'un navire.
- 3Poste d’observation, mirador.
- 4Pointes de rochers isolées au milieu de la mer et à fleur de l'eau.
- 5Loge établie au sommet d’un fourgon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vigie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous, d’ailleurs, comme autant de vigies, fouillaient l’horizon du regard.
Le soir la vigie signale à quelques encablures de la côte une goélette immobile qui semble donner de la bande. […]. Comme le schooner peut avoir besoin de secours, nous approchons en sondant prudemment.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivgie
- vgiie
- vigei
- viggie
- viige
- vvigie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vigie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "vigie"?
What does "vigie" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "vigie"?
How do you pronounce "vigie"?
What language does "vigie" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vigie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).