vrille

\vʁij\

/\vʁij\/ noun

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The verdict

“vrille” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,077
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousse filiforme, en spirale avec laquelle la vigne et d’autres plantes grimpantes s’attachent aux corps qui sont près d’elles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vrille · vrille · French

vrille · rank #24,077 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,077
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vocable

Nearest frequency peer: vocable (-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 « vrille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vrille » 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).

vrille vs vile
67% similar
vrille vs ville
83% similar
vrille vs voile
67% similar

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

Key facts for vrille
PropertyValue
Headwordvrille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vʁij\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,077
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vrille »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vrillese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vocable » (#24,076), « vénère » (#24,078), « vieillards » (#24,075). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vrille » est au #24,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vrille (IPA \vʁij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,077 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vrille, with forms such as "rville", "virlle", and "vrile". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "vile", "ville", "voile", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vrille, spelled V-R-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pousse filiforme, en spirale avec laquelle la vigne et d’autres plantes grimpantes s’attachent aux corps qui sont près d’elles.
  2. 2
    Outil de fer terminé par une mèche hélicoïdale, qui sert à faire des trous dans le bois.
  3. 3
    Fraise de dentiste.
  4. 4
    Pénétration aiguë.
  5. 5
    Mouvement, déplacement hélicoïdal.
  6. 6
    Lesbienne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On nous a, en effet, envoyé pour la détermination une liane caoutchoutifère congolaise pouvant atteindre une quinzaine de mètres de hauteur et dont les tiges, privées de vrilles, sont volubiles.
  2. Pendant son sommeil, les cornes de la vigne, ces vrilles cassantes et tenaces, dont l’acidité d’oseille fraîche irrite et désaltère, les vrilles de la vigne poussèrent si dru, cette nuit-là, que le rossignol s’éveilla ligoté, les pattes empêtrées de liens fourchus, les ailes impuissantes…

This word in other languages

tendril(English)zarcillo(Español)Ranke(Deutsch)broca(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rville
  • virlle
  • vrile
  • vrilel
  • vrlile
  • vrrille
  • vvrille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rville2virlle2vrile1vrilel2vrlile2vrrille1vvrille1
Edit distance from "vrille"

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 "vrille"?
"vrille" is spelled V-R-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vʁij\.
What does "vrille" mean?
As a noun, "vrille" means: Pousse filiforme, en spirale avec laquelle la vigne et d’autres plantes grimpantes s’attachent aux corps qui sont près d’elles.
What words are commonly confused with "vrille"?
"vrille" is commonly confused with "vile", "ville", "voile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vrille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vrille" is \vʁij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vrille" come from?
"vrille" 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 "vrille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

vénère#24,078Vérone#24,080Winnie#24,082zonage#24,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

abaisse7 variantsaffamé7 variantsSoral7 variantscedex7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list