vrai

\vʁɛ\

/\vʁɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“vrai” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#223
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est conforme à la vérité, à ce qui est réellement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vrai · vrai · French

vrai · rank #223 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #223
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH lors

Nearest frequency peer: lors (-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 « vrai »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vrai » 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).

vrai vs VRP
0% similar
vrai vs vraie
80% similar
vrai vs vrais
80% similar

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

Key facts for vrai
PropertyValue
Headwordvrai
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vʁɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#223
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vrai »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vraise 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 « lors » (#222), « droit » (#224), « lieu » (#221). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vrai » est au #223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around vrai (IPA \vʁɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #223 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vrai, with forms such as "rvai", "vari", and "vria". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VRP", "vraie", "vrais", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vrai, spelled V-R-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est conforme à la vérité, à ce qui est réellement.
  2. 2
    Qui est réellement ce qu’on le dit être ou qu’il doit être, qui a toutes les qualités essentielles à sa nature.
  3. 3
    Qui a les qualités de.
  4. 4
    Qui a l'apparence de.
  5. 5
    Qui est unique, essentiel, principal.
  6. 6
    Qui convient.
  7. 7
    Qui exprime, qui rend avec vérité la nature, les pensées, les objets.
  8. 8
    Qui est conforme à la marche réelle du soleil.
  9. 9
    Qui parle, qui agit sans déguisement, en parlant des personnes.
  10. 10
    Qui indique un résultat affirmatif ou positif, en parlant d’un état dans une logique booléenne.
  11. 11
    (Pris adverbialement) Vraiment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette proposition est vraie, sera toujours vraie.
  2. Dites des choses vraies, si vous voulez qu’on vous croie.

Synonyms

réelstandardcorrectexactjuste

Antonyms

fauxmensonger

This word in other languages

true(English)cierto(Español)wahr(Deutsch)verdadeiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rvai
  • vari
  • vria
  • vrrai
  • vvrai

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rvai2vari2vria2vrrai1vvrai1
Edit distance from "vrai"

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 "vrai"?
"vrai" is spelled V-R-A-I. The IPA pronunciation is \vʁɛ\.
What does "vrai" mean?
As an adjective, "vrai" means: Qui est conforme à la vérité, à ce qui est réellement.
What words are commonly confused with "vrai"?
"vrai" is commonly confused with "VRP", "vraie", "vrais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vrai"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vrai" is \vʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vrai" come from?
"vrai" 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 "vrai", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lors#222lieu#221coup#226vais#219

Similar misspelling depth

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

seul5 variantsfemme5 variantsveux5 variantspeux5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list