viols

\vjɔl\

/\vjɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“viols” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,324
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 viol.

Corpus desk

Index FR-viols · viols · French

viols · rank #11,324 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,324
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vierges

Nearest frequency peer: vierges (-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 « viols »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « viols » 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).

viols vs vos
60% similar
viols vs vol
60% similar
viols vs vis
60% similar

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

Key facts for viols
PropertyValue
Headwordviols
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vjɔl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,324
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « viols »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).violsse 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 « vierges » (#11,323), « visés » (#11,325), « vieillesse » (#11,322). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « viols » est au #11,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around viols (IPA \vjɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,324 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de viol.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for viols, with forms such as "ivols", "vilos", and "violls". 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, "vos", "vol", "vis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is viols, spelled V-I-O-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de viol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Véronique Nahoum-Grappe, qu’on ne peut soupçonner de complaisance envers les hommes et qui a fort bien dénoncé les violences des miliciens serbes avinés en Bosnie, lors des viols de guerre, a aussi évoqué « le violeur enivré (qui) s’endort avant de commettre son crime ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivols
  • vilos
  • violls
  • violss
  • viosl
  • voils
  • vviols

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivols2vilos2violls1violss1viosl2voils2vviols1
Edit distance from "viols"

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 "viols"?
"viols" is spelled V-I-O-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɔl\.
What does "viols" mean?
As a noun, "viols" means: Pluriel de viol.
What words are commonly confused with "viols"?
"viols" is commonly confused with "vos", "vol", "vis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "viols"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "viols" is \vjɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "viols" come from?
"viols" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

visés#11,325verse#11,320tronc#11,316avéré#11,348

Similar misspelling depth

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

warren7 variantsbuffet7 variantscadet7 variantsCraig7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list