visionnaire

\vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\

/\vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“visionnaire” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,590
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une vision extraordinairement exacte du futur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-visionnaire · visionnaire · French

visionnaire · rank #17,590 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,590
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH violations

Nearest frequency peer: violations (-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 « visionnaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « visionnaire » 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).

visionnaire vs visionnaires
92% similar
visionnaire vs visionnage
82% similar

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

Key facts for visionnaire
PropertyValue
Headwordvisionnaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#17,590
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « visionnaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).visionnairese 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 « violations » (#17,589), « volées » (#17,591), « vaudra » (#17,588). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « visionnaire » est au #17,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around visionnaire (IPA \vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,590 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for visionnaire, with forms such as "ivsionnaire", "viisonnaire", and "visinonaire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "visionnaires", "visionnage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 visionnaire, spelled V-I-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une vision extraordinairement exacte du futur.
  2. 2
    Qui a, qui croit avoir des visions, des révélations.
  3. 3
    Qui a des idées folles, des imaginations extravagantes, des desseins chimériques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Irrésolu et coupé de son peuple, le souverain s’engage ensuite dans le conflit armé contre l’avis de son meilleur ministre, Piotr Durnovo, qui lui affirme, de façon visionnaire, que la guerre entraînera à la fois la défaite de la Russie et la fin de la monarchie.
  2. Grâce à sa tactique visionnaire, Happel a remporté le titre national et la coupe dans quatre pays (Pays-Bas, Belgique, Allemagne et Autriche). Il a également gagné la Coupe d’Europe I avec Feyenoord et HSV.

This word in other languages

visionary(English)visionario(Español)visionär(Deutsch)visionário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivsionnaire
  • viisonnaire
  • visinonaire
  • visionaire
  • visionanire
  • visionnaier
  • visionnairre
  • visionnarie
  • visionniare
  • visoinnaire
  • vissionnaire
  • vsiionnaire
  • vvisionnaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivsionnaire2viisonnaire2visinonaire2visionaire1visionanire2visionnaier2visionnairre1visionnarie2
Edit distance from "visionnaire"

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 "visionnaire"?
"visionnaire" is spelled V-I-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\.
What does "visionnaire" mean?
As an adjective, "visionnaire" means: Qui a une vision extraordinairement exacte du futur.
What words are commonly confused with "visionnaire"?
"visionnaire" is commonly confused with "visionnaires", "visionnage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "visionnaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "visionnaire" is \vi.zjɔ.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "visionnaire" come from?
"visionnaire" 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 "visionnaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

tourbillon13 variantsétendent13 variantsterrifiant13 variantsSardaigne13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list