vraie

\vʁɛ\

/\vʁɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“vraie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,194
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de vrai.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vraie · vraie · French

vraie · rank #1,194 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,194
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH volonté

Nearest frequency peer: volonté (-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 « vraie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vraie » 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).

vraie vs vrais
80% similar
vraie vs vraies
83% similar
vraie vs vie
60% similar

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

Key facts for vraie
PropertyValue
Headwordvraie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vʁɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,194
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vraie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vraiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « volonté » (#1,193), « élèves » (#1,195), « évolution » (#1,196). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vraie » est au #1,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around vraie (IPA \vʁɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,194 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de vrai.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vraie, with forms such as "rvaie", "varie", and "vraei". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vrais", "vraies", "vie", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vraie, spelled V-R-A-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de vrai.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La nuit n’était pas brouillardeuse, mais terne, humide sans pluie, froide sans frimas, une vraie nuit française de janvier.
  2. Le monde est cloné. Seule la littérature, copie vraie de la réalité parallèle et apocryphe, peut le décloner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rvaie
  • varie
  • vraei
  • vriae
  • vrraie
  • vvraie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vraie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rvaie2varie2vraei2vriae2vrraie1vvraie1
Edit distance from "vraie"

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 "vraie"?
"vraie" is spelled V-R-A-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vʁɛ\.
What does "vraie" mean?
As an adjective, "vraie" means: Féminin singulier de vrai.
What words are commonly confused with "vraie"?
"vraie" is commonly confused with "vrais", "vraies", "vie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vraie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vraie" is \vʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vraie" come from?
"vraie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vraie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stade#1,191drôle#1,200débat#1,201lutte#1,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

camp6 variantsJohn6 variantsrêve6 variantsligue6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list