villageois

\vi.la.ʒwa\

/\vi.la.ʒwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“villageois” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,279. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,279
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui habite un village.

Corpus desk

Index FR-villageois · villageois · French

villageois · rank #12,279 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,279
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH VIH

Nearest frequency peer: VIH (-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 « villageois »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « villageois » 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).

villageois vs villages
80% similar
villageois vs villageoise
91% similar

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

Key facts for villageois
PropertyValue
Headwordvillageois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.la.ʒwa\
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,279
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « villageois »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).villageoisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « VIH » (#12,278), « vinaigre » (#12,280), « vanter » (#12,277). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « villageois » est au #12,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around villageois (IPA \vi.la.ʒwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,279 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celui qui habite un village.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for villageois, with forms such as "ivllageois", "vilageois", and "vilalgeois". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "villages", "villageoise", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 villageois, spelled V-I-L-L-A-G-E-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui habite un village.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les villageois sont contre l’installation de la nouvelle prison.

This word in other languages

villager(English)aldeano(Español)Dörfler(Deutsch)aldeão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivllageois
  • vilageois
  • vilalgeois
  • villaegois
  • villageios
  • villageoiss
  • villageosi
  • villaggeois
  • villagoeis
  • villgaeois
  • vlilageois
  • vvillageois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivllageois2vilageois1vilalgeois2villaegois2villageios2villageoiss1villageosi2villaggeois1
Edit distance from "villageois"

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 "villageois"?
"villageois" is spelled V-I-L-L-A-G-E-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.la.ʒwa\.
What does "villageois" mean?
As a noun, "villageois" means: Celui qui habite un village.
What words are commonly confused with "villageois"?
"villageois" is commonly confused with "villages", "villageoise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "villageois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "villageois" is \vi.la.ʒwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "villageois" come from?
"villageois" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

théoriques#12,269appartenir#12,305respectant#12,239recueillis#12,235

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

voudront12 variantsthéorème12 variantsérection12 variantsavancent12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list