voyelles

\vwa.jɛl\

/\vwa.jɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“voyelles” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,892
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de voyelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voyelles · voyelles · French

voyelles · rank #20,892 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,892
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH viticole

Nearest frequency peer: viticole (-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 « voyelles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « voyelles » 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).

voyelles vs voyelle
88% similar
voyelles vs vielles
75% similar

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

Key facts for voyelles
PropertyValue
Headwordvoyelles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vwa.jɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,892
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voyelles »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).voyellesse 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 « viticole » (#20,891), « véracité » (#20,893), « visionner » (#20,890). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voyelles » est au #20,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around voyelles (IPA \vwa.jɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,892 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de voyelle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for voyelles, with forms such as "ovyelles", "voeylles", and "voyelels". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "voyelle", "vielles", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is voyelles, spelled V-O-Y-E-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de voyelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On continue ainsi, jusqu’à nos jours, à réciter sous le nom de voyelles une série de cinq timbres vocaliques transcrits par un signe particulier dans l’alphabet latin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovyelles
  • voeylles
  • voyelels
  • voyeles
  • voyelless
  • voyellse
  • voyleles
  • voyyelles
  • vvoyelles
  • vyoelles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voyelles - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ovyelles2voeylles2voyelels2voyeles1voyelless1voyellse2voyleles2voyyelles1
Edit distance from "voyelles"

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 "voyelles"?
"voyelles" is spelled V-O-Y-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vwa.jɛl\.
What does "voyelles" mean?
As a noun, "voyelles" means: Pluriel de voyelle.
What words are commonly confused with "voyelles"?
"voyelles" is commonly confused with "voyelle", "vielles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voyelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voyelles" is \vwa.jɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voyelles" come from?
"voyelles" 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 "voyelles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

véracité#20,893viticole#20,891écureuil#20,895élaborés#20,896

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

verbaux10 variantstwitch10 variantstotales10 variantsattribut10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list