Which to use
“vigile” and “vinyle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,888
- “vigile” frequency rank
- #16,266
- “vinyle” frequency rank
- 37154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vigile | vinyle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne (homme ou femme) chargée d’une fonction de surveillance, de sécurité, le plus souvent dans des locaux commerciaux, industriels (pour une femme, on dira aussi femme vigile). | Alkyle de l’éthylène où un atome d’hydrogène est remplacé par un radical lié à la base -CH=CH2. |
Where the eye mixes vigile and vinyle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vigile and vinyle follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses vigile with vinyle
A purely visual mix-up. vigile (\vi.ʒil\) and vinyle (\vi.nil\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vigile is recorded at frequency rank #20,888, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʒil\. vinyle is at rank #16,266, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.nil\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 37154, this pair ranks #264,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vigile vs vinyle
Shared letters: eilv. Private to "vigile": g. Private to "vinyle": ny.
"vigile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vinyle" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vigile" and "vinyle" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "vigile" or "vinyle" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "vigile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vinyle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vigile" and "vinyle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigie vs vigile". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #264,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.