XVIIe

\di.sɛ.tjɛm\

/\di.sɛ.tjɛm\/ adj

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The verdict

“XVIIe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,101
frequency rank, French
62
“X” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dix-septième.

Corpus desk

Index FR-xviie · XVIIe · French

XVIIe · rank #10,101 · 5 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,101
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 62
  • PHOTO-FINISH visuelle

Nearest frequency peer: visuelle (-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 « XVIIe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « XVIIe » 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).

XVIIe vs XXIe
60% similar
XVIIe vs XVIIIe
83% similar
XVIIe vs XVe
60% similar

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

Key facts for XVIIe
PropertyValue
HeadwordXVIIe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.sɛ.tjɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,101
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « XVIIe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).XVIIese 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 « visuelle » (#10,100), « XX » (#10,102), « vase » (#10,099). Parmi 62 lemmes en « X », « XVIIe » est au #10,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around XVIIe (IPA \di.sɛ.tjɛm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,101 among 62 “X” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dix-septième.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for XVIIe, with forms such as "vxiie", "xivie", and "xviei". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "XXIe", "XVIIIe", "XVe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is XVIIe, spelled X-V-I-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dix-septième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. François Hugo était un Afrikaner, un descendant de ces premiers colons hollandais, français ou allemands, tous fervents calvinistes, qui avaient débarqué dans la baie de la Table, non loin du Cap de Bonne-Espérance au XVIIᵉ siècle. Mais lui préférait se définir comme un Burgher, un Boer. Un paysan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • vxiie
  • xivie
  • xviei
  • xvviie
  • xxviie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

vxiie2xivie2xviei2xvviie1xxviie1
Edit distance from "XVIIe"

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 "XVIIe"?
"XVIIe" is spelled X-V-I-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.sɛ.tjɛm\.
What does "XVIIe" mean?
As an adjective, "XVIIe" means: Dix-septième.
What words are commonly confused with "XVIIe"?
"XVIIe" is commonly confused with "XXIe", "XVIIIe", "XVe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "XVIIe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "XVIIe" is \di.sɛ.tjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "XVIIe" come from?
"XVIIe" 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 "XVIIe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Tyler#10,095Tunis#10,094Troll#10,093abris#10,110

Similar misspelling depth

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

vase5 variantsmuet5 variantsmake5 variantsmanu5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list