villes

\vil\

/\vil\/ noun

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The verdict

“villes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#891
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-villes · villes · French

villes · rank #891 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #891
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH terrain

Nearest frequency peer: terrain (-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 « villes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « villes » 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).

villes vs vils
67% similar
villes vs vives
67% similar
villes vs viols
67% similar

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

Key facts for villes
PropertyValue
Headwordvilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#891
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « villes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.villesse 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 « terrain » (#890), « église » (#892), « sérieux » (#889). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « villes » est au #891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around villes (IPA \vil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #891 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ville.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for villes, with forms such as "ivlles", "vilels", and "viles". 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, "vils", "vives", "viols", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is villes, spelled V-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ville.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une seule usine, employant une vingtaine d’ouvriers, existe à Vatan et la main-d’œuvre masculine, hormis celle du bâtiment, se voit contrainte d’aller travailler dans les villes voisines.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivlles
  • vilels
  • viles
  • villess
  • villse
  • vliles
  • vvilles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of villes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ivlles2vilels2viles1villess1villse2vliles2vvilles1
Edit distance from "villes"

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

Same letter count

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

église#892second#887samedi#885porter#883

Similar misspelling depth

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

frais7 variantsjoueur7 variantsfaits7 variantsbande7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list