voyelle

/\vwa.jɛl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,316

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

voyelle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Son de la voix produit par la vibration du larynx modifiée par l’ouverture plus ou moins grande de la bouche. Pronounced \vwa.jɛl\. Often confused with voyelles and vielle.

Key facts for voyelle
PropertyValue
Headwordvoyelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vwa.jɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,316
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of voyelle in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for voyelle is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vwa.jɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,316 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for voyelle, with forms such as "ovyelle", "voeylle", and "voyele". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "voyelles", "vielle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is voyelle, spelled V-O-Y-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Son de la voix produit par la vibration du larynx modifiée par l’ouverture plus ou moins grande de la bouche.
  2. 2
    Lettre de l’alphabet qui représente ce son, qu’il est possible de prononcer isolément.
  3. 3
    Voyeuse, en particulier quand il s’agit d’une voyeuse à genoux, c’est-à-dire pour dames.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovyelle,voeylle,voyele,voyelel,voylele,voyyelle,vvoyelle,vyoelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for voyelle

Misspelling Variants of "voyelle"

ovyelle7voeylle7voyele6voyelel7voylele7voyyelle8vvoyelle8vyoelle7
Misspelling Variants of "voyelle"

Frequency rank: #20,316 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voyelle"?
"voyelle" is spelled V-O-Y-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vwa.jɛl\.
What does "voyelle" mean?
As a noun, "voyelle" means: Son de la voix produit par la vibration du larynx modifiée par l’ouverture plus ou moins grande de la bouche.
What words are commonly confused with "voyelle"?
"voyelle" is commonly confused with "voyelles", "vielle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voyelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voyelle" is \vwa.jɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voyelle" come from?
"voyelle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.