vitre

\vitʁ\

/\vitʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“vitre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,795
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plaque de verre située sur une ouverture telle qu’une porte ou une fenêtre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vitre · vitre · French

vitre · rank #8,795 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,795
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voisines

Nearest frequency peer: voisines (+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 « vitre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vitre » 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).

vitre vs vote
60% similar
vitre vs vive
60% similar
vitre vs votre
80% similar

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

Key facts for vitre
PropertyValue
Headwordvitre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vitʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,795
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vitre »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « voisines » (#8,796), « Vendée » (#8,793), « vomir » (#8,797). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vitre » est au #8,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vitre (IPA \vitʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,795 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vitre, with forms such as "ivtre", "virte", and "viter". 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, "vote", "vive", "votre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vitre, spelled V-I-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plaque de verre située sur une ouverture telle qu’une porte ou une fenêtre.
  2. 2
    Verre, en tant que matière.
  3. 3
    Fenêtre.
  4. 4
    Vitrail.  ^([1])

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Maintenant il pleut… J’entends l’eau qui ruisselle des gouttières, et qui fouette les vitres de ma chambre.
  2. À travers les vitres des brasseries et des cafés, on distinguait confusément, un peu partout, la foule des consommateurs gesticulant parmi la fumée des cigarettes.

This word in other languages

glass(English)vidrio(Español)Scheibe(Deutsch)vidro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivtre
  • virte
  • viter
  • vitrre
  • vittre
  • vtire
  • vvitre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivtre2virte2viter2vitrre1vittre1vtire2vvitre1
Edit distance from "vitre"

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 "vitre"?
"vitre" is spelled V-I-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vitʁ\.
What does "vitre" mean?
As a noun, "vitre" means: Plaque de verre située sur une ouverture telle qu’une porte ou une fenêtre.
What words are commonly confused with "vitre"?
"vitre" is commonly confused with "vote", "vive", "votre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vitre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vitre" is \vitʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vitre" come from?
"vitre" 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 "vitre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

vomir#8,797tonne#8,787Ahmed#8,804taxis#8,786

Similar misspelling depth

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

sobre7 variantssauté7 variantsberne7 variantsborne7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list