vue

\vy\

/\vy\/ noun

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The verdict

“vue” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #361) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#361
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faculté de voir. Celui des cinq sens par lequel on perçoit la lumière, les couleurs et l’apparence des objets.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vue · vue · French

vue · rank #361 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #361
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH tour

Nearest frequency peer: tour (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “vue”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “vue” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

vue vs VW
0% similar
vue vs vus
67% similar
vue vs vues
75% similar

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

Key facts for vue
PropertyValue
Headwordvue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vy\
Letters3
Frequency rank#361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vue” sits in French frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).vue lands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for vue is neighbouring look-alikes ("VW", "vus", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \vy\. Frequency #361 among 2,061 “V” headwords. 18 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vue, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VW", "vus", "vues", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vue, spelled V-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté de voir. Celui des cinq sens par lequel on perçoit la lumière, les couleurs et l’apparence des objets.
  2. 2
    Jusqu’où les yeux peuvent apercevoir.
  3. 3
    Organe des yeux et du regard.
  4. 4
    Action de voir, perception de ce qui est à la portée du regard.
  5. 5
    Moment de la présentation d’un document.
  6. 6
    Toute l’étendue de ce qu’on peut voir d’un certain lieu.
  7. 7
    Fenêtre, ouverture d’une maison par laquelle on voit sur les lieux voisins.
  8. 8
    Ensemble d'ouvertures dans un casque par lesquelles le guerrier peut voir.
  9. 9
    Tableau, dessin, estampe, etc., qui représente un site, une ville, un monument.
  10. 10
    Action par laquelle l’esprit connaît, découvre; manière d’envisager les choses.
  11. 11
    Dessein qu’on a ; le but ou la fin que l’on se propose dans une affaire.
  12. 12
    Desseins.
  13. 13
    Synthèse d'une requête d'interrogation de la base.
  14. 14
    Film.
  15. 15
    , Catégorie de fonctions du patron MVC (modèle-vue-contrôleur). Elle regroupe toutes les fonctions utiles à l'affichage client, elle est généralement retourné par le contrôleur.
  16. 16
    Pour une vidéo, visionnage, visionnement de celle-ci, souvent dans une optique statistique.
  17. 17
    Moment de la chasse où l’on voit la bête chassée.
  18. 18
    Ton de chasse que l’on sonne pour indiquer qu’on a vu l’animal chassé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sens de la vue.
  2. Avoir la vue perçante, subtile, la vue faible, courte, basse, trouble.

This word in other languages

sight(English)vista(Español)Sehvermögen(Deutsch)visão(Português)

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vue"?
"vue" is spelled V-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vy\.
What does "vue" mean?
As a noun, "vue" means: Faculté de voir. Celui des cinq sens par lequel on perçoit la lumière, les couleurs et l’apparence des objets.
What words are commonly confused with "vue"?
"vue" is commonly confused with "VW", "vus", "vues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vue" is \vy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vue" come from?
"vue" 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 "vue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list