vite

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

\vit\

/\vit\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“vite” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #406) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#406
frequency rank, French: 2,061
“V” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rapide, qui se meut avec célérité, avec promptitude ; se dit surtout dans le sport, sinon plutôt des animaux et des choses dont le mouvement est rapide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vite · vite · French

vite · rank #406 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #406
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-MID 2,061
PHOTO-FINISH sommes

Nearest frequency peer: sommes (-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.

retour

99,598
Situation

99,597
sommes

99,596
vite

99,595
yeux

99,594
amour

99,593

What this shows Les barres placent « vite » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

vite vs VT

0% similar

vite vs vue

50% similar

vite vs VTT

0% similar

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

Key facts for vite
Property	Value
Headword	vite
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\vit\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#406
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « vite »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vitese place ici:

#406

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sommes » (#405), « yeux » (#407), « Situation » (#404). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vite » est au #406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for vite is neighbouring look-alikes ("VT", "vue", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \vit\. Frequency #406 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Rapide, qui se meut avec célérité, avec promptitude ; se dit surtout dans le sport, sinon plutôt des animaux et des choses dont le mouvement est rapide.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for vite, with forms such as "ivte", "vitte", and "vtie". 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, "VT", "vue", "VTT", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vite, spelled V-I-T-E.

Definition

1
Rapide, qui se meut avec célérité, avec promptitude ; se dit surtout dans le sport, sinon plutôt des animaux et des choses dont le mouvement est rapide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Cheval vite comme le vent.
Il a le pouls fort vite.

Synonyms

rapide

This word in other languages

fast(English)rápido(Español)schnell(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ivte
vitte
vtie
vvite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "vite"

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 "vite"?

"vite" is spelled V-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vit\.

What does "vite" mean?

As an adjective, "vite" means: Rapide, qui se meut avec célérité, avec promptitude ; se dit surtout dans le sport, sinon plutôt des animaux et des choses dont le mouvement est rapide.

What words are commonly confused with "vite"?

"vite" is commonly confused with "VT", "vue", "VTT". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "vite"?

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

What language does "vite" come from?

"vite" 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 "vite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yeux#407 Base#409 long#401 nord#412