virilité

Name: virilité, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\vi.ʁi.li.te\

/\vi.ʁi.li.te\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“virilité” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,620 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#18,620
frequency rank, French: 8
letters: 12
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caractère viril, de l’homme adulte.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

virilité vs vitalité

75% similar

virilité vs virile

63% similar

virilité vs virginité

78% similar

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

Key facts for virilité
Property	Value
Headword	virilité
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\vi.ʁi.li.te\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#18,620
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “virilité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). virilité lands here:

#18,620

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for virilité is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vi.ʁi.li.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,620 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for virilité, with forms such as "ivrilité", "viirlité", and "viriilté". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "vitalité", "virile", "virginité", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is virilité, spelled V-I-R-I-L-I-T-É.

Definition

1
Caractère viril, de l’homme adulte.
2
Ce qui constitue le genre masculin. Capacité d'engendrer ; vigueur sexuelle, puissance sexuelle, capacité à vivre une relation sexuelle épanouie.
3
Ensemble des attributs virils, pénis, membre viril.
4
État ou âge d’homme fait ; époque de la vie d'un homme située entre l'enfance et la vieillesse.
5
Caractère de ce qui convient à un homme, de ce qui est digne d’un homme. Caractère de ce qui est viril.
6
Qualités morales (énergie, fermeté, force, vigueur, vaillance, courage, sérieux, dignité) attribuées à l'homme adulte, et en particulier au soldat, mais aussi en dehors du contexte militaire.
7
Idée de l'homme, telle qu'elle est véhiculée dans la société, dans le monde du travail et dans les médias.
8
Construction sociale qui situe les individus mâles dans la société et dans leur rapport aux femmes.

Synonyms

masculinité

Antonyms

féminité matrilité

This word in other languages

virility(English)Mannhaftigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivrilité,viirlité,viriilté,virilite,virilitté,viriliét,virillité,viriltié,virliité,virrilité,vriilité,vvirilité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "virilité"

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 "virilité"?

"virilité" is spelled V-I-R-I-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.ʁi.li.te\.

What does "virilité" mean?

As a noun, "virilité" means: Caractère viril, de l’homme adulte.

What words are commonly confused with "virilité"?

"virilité" is commonly confused with "vitalité", "virile", "virginité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "virilité"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "virilité" is \vi.ʁi.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "virilité" come from?

"virilité" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “virilité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is V-I-R-I-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \vi.ʁi.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “vitalité” - see the side-by-side comparison. virilité vs vitalité
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.