violer

\vjɔ.le\

/\vjɔ.le\/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“violer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,918
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfreindre, porter atteinte à, attenter à.

Corpus desk

Index FR-violer · violer · French

violer · rank #7,918 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,918
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH violemment

Nearest frequency peer: violemment (-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 « violer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « violer » 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).

violer vs volé
50% similar
violer vs voter
67% similar
violer vs voler
83% similar

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

Key facts for violer
PropertyValue
Headwordvioler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vjɔ.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,918
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « violer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).violerse 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 « violemment » (#7,917), « violet » (#7,919), « veuille » (#7,916). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « violer » est au #7,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around violer (IPA \vjɔ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,918 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for violer, with forms such as "ivoler", "viloer", and "vioelr". 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, "volé", "voter", "voler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is violer, spelled V-I-O-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfreindre, porter atteinte à, attenter à.
  2. 2
    Dégrader ou fouiller dans des intentions coupables, en parlant d’une sépulture.
  3. 3
    Porter atteinte aux droits et aux privilèges.
  4. 4
    Imposer une pénétration sexuelle (du vagin, de l’anus ou de la bouche) à une personne sans son consentement, par la force, par la ruse, par la surprise, par la menace ou par autorité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Néanmoins la foi conjugale est sans cesse violée dans les grandes sociétés policées. Il est peu de maris qui soient fidèles à leurs femmes ; il est peu de femmes qui soient fidelles à leurs maris.
  2. Il faut entrer de force dans le domicile du citoyen : il faut arrêter administrativement l’homme qui ne peut être arrêté qu’en vertu d’une loi ; il faut violer la liberté de l’opinion et la liberté individuelle ; il faut en un mot mettre en péril la constitution même de l’État.

Synonyms

transgresser

This word in other languages

violate(English)violar(Español)verletzen(Deutsch)violar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivoler
  • viloer
  • vioelr
  • violerr
  • violler
  • violre
  • vvioler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivoler2viloer2vioelr2violerr1violler1violre2vvioler1
Edit distance from "violer"

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 "violer"?
"violer" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɔ.le\.
What does "violer" mean?
As a verb, "violer" means: Enfreindre, porter atteinte à, attenter à.
What words are commonly confused with "violer"?
"violer" is commonly confused with "volé", "voter", "voler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violer" is \vjɔ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violer" come from?
"violer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

violet#7,919virage#7,920talons#7,906sortez#7,903

Similar misspelling depth

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

veuille7 variantsaccuser7 variantssonde7 variantsbrute7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list