vitamine

\vi.ta.min\

/\vi.ta.min\/ noun

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The verdict

“vitamine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,385
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance existant dans certains aliments, un coenzyme, que l’être humain ou l’animal n’est souvent pas capable de synthétiser, ou en quantité insuffisante, et qui est nécessaire en petite quantité...

Corpus desk

Index FR-vitamine · vitamine · French

vitamine · rank #14,385 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,385
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vitalité

Nearest frequency peer: vitalité (-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 « vitamine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vitamine » 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).

vitamine vs vitrine
75% similar
vitamine vs vilaine
75% similar
vitamine vs vitalité
63% similar

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

Key facts for vitamine
PropertyValue
Headwordvitamine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.ta.min\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,385
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vitamine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vitaminese 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 « vitalité » (#14,384), « vomi » (#14,386), « Viktor » (#14,383). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vitamine » est au #14,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around vitamine (IPA \vi.ta.min\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,385 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vitamine, with forms such as "ivtamine", "viatmine", and "vitaimne". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "vitrine", "vilaine", "vitalité", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vitamine, spelled V-I-T-A-M-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance existant dans certains aliments, un coenzyme, que l’être humain ou l’animal n’est souvent pas capable de synthétiser, ou en quantité insuffisante, et qui est nécessaire en petite quantité à la croissance, la reproduction et au maintien de l’équilibre vital ou même de la vie.
  2. 2
    Chose revitalisante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le jaune d’œuf contient des lipides, des protéines, des glucides, des minéraux, des vitamines et de l'eau. L'eau constitue 48 % de la masse totale du jaune. — (Reproduction des animaux d'élevage, Educagri, 2005, page 348)
  2. Les viandes, poissons et œufs vous apportent des protéines rassasiantes, mais aussi du fer et des vitamines (à consommer 1 à 2 fois par jour).

This word in other languages

vitamin(English)vitamina(Español)Vitamin(Deutsch)vitamina(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivtamine
  • viatmine
  • vitaimne
  • vitamien
  • vitaminne
  • vitammine
  • vitamnie
  • vitmaine
  • vittamine
  • vtiamine
  • vvitamine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivtamine2viatmine2vitaimne2vitamien2vitaminne1vitammine1vitamnie2vitmaine2
Edit distance from "vitamine"

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 "vitamine"?
"vitamine" is spelled V-I-T-A-M-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.ta.min\.
What does "vitamine" mean?
As a noun, "vitamine" means: Substance existant dans certains aliments, un coenzyme, que l’être humain ou l’animal n’est souvent pas capable de synthétiser, ou en quantité insuffisante, et qui est nécessaire en petite quantité...
What words are commonly confused with "vitamine"?
"vitamine" is commonly confused with "vitrine", "vilaine", "vitalité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vitamine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vitamine" is \vi.ta.min\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vitamine" come from?
"vitamine" 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 "vitamine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vitalité#14,384supporté#14,368semences#14,362amertume#14,410

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

écrivit11 variantsémerger11 variantstolérer11 variantsSpotify11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list