von
\vɔ̃\
The verdict
“von” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,203) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,203
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voie secondaire souvent non bitumée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-von · von · French
von · rank #5,203 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,203
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vents
Nearest frequency peer: vents (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « von »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- trompé
trompé
94,802 corpus weight
- valable
valable
94,800 corpus weight
- vents
vents
94,799 corpus weight
- von
von
94,798 corpus weight
- élevage
élevage
94,796 corpus weight
- épaules
épaules
94,795 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « von » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | von |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #5,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « von »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for von is neighbouring look-alikes ("vu", "vs", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \vɔ̃\. Frequency #5,203 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Voie secondaire souvent non bitumée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for von, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vu", "vs", "VR", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is von, spelled V-O-N.
Definition
- 1Voie secondaire souvent non bitumée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how von appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La route s’enfonçait. À mesure que la fraîcheur lagunaire chatouillait les narines, le von devenait plus sablonneux, plus crasseux, plus noir avec des obstacles : boue, détritus, cacas, ferrailles, jantes de véhicules, cochons en errance. […] Elle s’était éloignée à petits pas en dévalant le von qui mène au village des pêcheurs; […]
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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