vraies

\vʁɛ\

/\vʁɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“vraies” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,818
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-vraies · vraies · French

vraies · rank #4,818 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,818
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH volontaires

Nearest frequency peer: volontaires (-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 « vraies »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vraies » 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).

vraies vs vrais
83% similar
vraies vs vais
67% similar
vraies vs vrai
67% similar

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

Key facts for vraies
PropertyValue
Headwordvraies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vʁɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,818
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vraies »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vraiesse 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 « volontaires » (#4,817), « époux » (#4,819), « urbaine » (#4,816). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vraies » est au #4,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around vraies (IPA \vʁɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,818 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de vrai.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vraies, with forms such as "rvaies", "varies", and "vraeis". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "vrais", "vais", "vrai", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vraies, spelled V-R-A-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de vrai.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les mères sont des inspiratrices, les vraies mères, des inspiratrices qui paraissent peu, le plus souvent, modestes, effacées, mais combien influentes !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rvaies
  • varies
  • vraeis
  • vraiess
  • vraise
  • vriaes
  • vrraies
  • vvraies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rvaies2varies2vraeis2vraiess1vraise2vriaes2vrraies1vvraies1
Edit distance from "vraies"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

profs8 variantscâble8 variantslourde8 variantsflash8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list