voilier

\vwa.lje\

/\vwa.lje\/ adj

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The verdict

“voilier” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,845
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bien ou mal muni de voiles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voilier · voilier · French

voilier · rank #17,845 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,845
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH versets

Nearest frequency peer: versets (-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 « voilier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « voilier » 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).

voilier vs voler
71% similar
voilier vs voirie
71% similar
voilier vs vouliez
71% similar

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

Key facts for voilier
PropertyValue
Headwordvoilier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vwa.lje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,845
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voilier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).voilierse 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 « versets » (#17,844), « volcans » (#17,846), « tsar » (#17,843). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voilier » est au #17,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around voilier (IPA \vwa.lje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,845 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bien ou mal muni de voiles.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for voilier, with forms such as "ovilier", "violier", and "voiiler". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "voler", "voirie", "vouliez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is voilier, spelled V-O-I-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bien ou mal muni de voiles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce navire est bon voilier.
  2. Cette corvette est mauvaise voilière.

This word in other languages

velero(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovilier
  • violier
  • voiiler
  • voileir
  • voilierr
  • voilire
  • voillier
  • voliier
  • vvoilier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ovilier2violier2voiiler2voileir2voilierr1voilire2voillier1voliier2
Edit distance from "voilier"

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 "voilier"?
"voilier" is spelled V-O-I-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vwa.lje\.
What does "voilier" mean?
As an adjective, "voilier" means: Bien ou mal muni de voiles.
What words are commonly confused with "voilier"?
"voilier" is commonly confused with "voler", "voirie", "vouliez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voilier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voilier" is \vwa.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voilier" come from?
"voilier" 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 "voilier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

versets#17,844volcans#17,846tricher#17,840énervée#17,853

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Winter9 variantsalléger9 variantsservez9 variantsautiste9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list