villas

\vil.la\

/\vil.la\/ noun

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The verdict

“villas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,538
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-villas · villas · French

villas · rank #15,538 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,538
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH view

Nearest frequency peer: view (-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 « villas »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « villas » 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).

villas vs vils
67% similar
villas vs ville
67% similar
villas vs viols
67% similar

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

Key facts for villas
PropertyValue
Headwordvillas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vil.la\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,538
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « villas »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.villasse 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 « view » (#15,537), « water » (#15,539), « vieilli » (#15,536). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « villas » est au #15,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around villas (IPA \vil.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,538 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de villa.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for villas, with forms such as "ivllas", "vilals", and "vilas". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "vils", "ville", "viols", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is villas, spelled V-I-L-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de villa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un de ces quartiers « hyper-sécurisés » et quelque peu aseptisés que l’on retrouve dans plusieurs capitales à l’étranger, avec gardiens, terrains de sport et supermarchés remplis de produits occidentaux plantés au milieu des vastes villas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivllas
  • vilals
  • vilas
  • villass
  • villsa
  • vlilas
  • vvillas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of villas - 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.

ivllas2vilals2vilas1villass1villsa2vlilas2vvillas1
Edit distance from "villas"

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 "villas"?
"villas" is spelled V-I-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vil.la\.
What does "villas" mean?
As a noun, "villas" means: Pluriel de villa.
What words are commonly confused with "villas"?
"villas" is commonly confused with "vils", "ville", "viols". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "villas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "villas" is \vil.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "villas" come from?
"villas" 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 "villas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

versée#15,535élargi#15,545Travis#15,527Tahiti#15,519

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

water7 variantsvieilli7 variantsvante7 variantsBennett7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list