violets

\vjɔ.lɛ\

/\vjɔ.lɛ\/ adj

The verdict

“violets” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,658
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de violet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-violets · violets · French

violets · rank #27,658 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,658
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vigoureuse

Nearest frequency peer: vigoureuse (-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 « violets »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « violets » 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).

violets vs volet
71% similar
violets vs viols
71% similar
violets vs volts
71% similar

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

Key facts for violets
PropertyValue
Headwordviolets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vjɔ.lɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,658
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « violets »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vigoureuse » (#27,657), « virtuosité » (#27,659), « vestimentaires » (#27,656). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « violets » est au #27,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around violets (IPA \vjɔ.lɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,658 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de violet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for violets, with forms such as "ivolets", "viloets", and "vioelts". 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, "volet", "viols", "volts", 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 violets, spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de violet.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivolets
  • viloets
  • vioelts
  • violest
  • violetss
  • violetts
  • viollets
  • violtes
  • voilets
  • vviolets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivolets2viloets2vioelts2violest2violetss1violetts1viollets1violtes2
Edit distance from "violets"

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 "violets"?
"violets" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɔ.lɛ\.
What does "violets" mean?
As an adjective, "violets" means: Masculin pluriel de violet.
What words are commonly confused with "violets"?
"violets" is commonly confused with "volet", "viols", "volts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violets" is \vjɔ.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violets" come from?
"violets" 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 "violets", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list