voeux
[vø]
The verdict
“voeux” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,969
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orthographe par contrainte typographique de vœux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-voeux · voeux · French
voeux · rank #10,969 · 6 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,969
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH verrons
Nearest frequency peer: verrons (-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 « voeux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- valises
valises
89,035 corpus weight
- variantes
variantes
89,034 corpus weight
- verrons
verrons
89,033 corpus weight
- voeux
voeux
89,032 corpus weight
- volcan
volcan
89,031 corpus weight
- Wallonie
Wallonie
89,029 corpus weight
What this shows « voeux » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Typographic variant |
| IPA | [vø] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voeux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around voeux (IPA [vø]), atypographic variant. Corpus frequency is #10,969 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Orthographe par contrainte typographique de vœux.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for voeux, with forms such as "oveux", "veoux", and "voeuxx". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "vox", "Vou", "vous", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is voeux, spelled V-O-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Orthographe par contrainte typographique de vœux.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oveux
- veoux
- voeuxx
- voexu
- vouex
- vvoeux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voeux - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "voeux", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).