vocal

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

\vɔ.kal\

/\vɔ.kal\/ adj

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

The verdict

“vocal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,822
frequency rank, French: 2,061
“V” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la voix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vocal · vocal · French

vocal · rank #14,822 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-MID #14,822
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 2,061
PHOTO-FINISH vieillir

Nearest frequency peer: vieillir (-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.

vestiaires

85,182
viable

85,181
vieillir

85,180
vocal

85,179
voyous

85,178
vérifiez

85,177

What this shows « vocal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

vocal vs vol

60% similar

vocal vs vota

60% similar

vocal vs vola

60% similar

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

Key facts for vocal
Property	Value
Headword	vocal
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\vɔ.kal\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#14,822
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vocal »

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

#14,822

#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 « vieillir » (#14,821), « voyous » (#14,823), « viable » (#14,820). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vocal » est au #14,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vocal (IPA \vɔ.kal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,822 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vocal, with forms such as "ovcal", "vcoal", and "voacl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "vol", "vota", "vola", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vocal, spelled V-O-C-A-L.

Definition

1
Relatif à la voix.
2
Qualifie les prières dites à haute voix, par opposition à celles qui le sont mentalement.
3
Qualifie la musique de chant, par opposition à la musique instrumentale.
4
Qui est commandé par la voix.
5
Qui restitue la voix.
6
Qui restitue la voix humaine.
7
Qui a voix au chapitre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Fréquence vocale.
Oraison, prière vocale, oraison, prière exprimée à haute voix.

Synonyms

phonétique

This word in other languages

vocal(English)vocal(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ovcal
vcoal
voacl
vocall
voccal
vocla
vvocal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vocal - 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 "vocal"

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 "vocal"?

"vocal" is spelled V-O-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.kal\.

What does "vocal" mean?

As an adjective, "vocal" means: Relatif à la voix.

What words are commonly confused with "vocal"?

"vocal" is commonly confused with "vol", "vota", "vola". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "vocal"?

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

What language does "vocal" come from?

"vocal" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vocal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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