vassalage
/ˈvæsəlɪd͡ʒ/noun
vassalage is a noun meaning “The state of being a vassal; fealty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-S-S-A-L-A-G-E, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vassalage is vassalages.
What does vassalage mean?
noun
- 1
The state of being a vassal; fealty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vassalage?
- /ˈvæsəlɪd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-vassalage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vassalage
- vassalages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vassalage?
Vassalage appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vassalage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Vasallentum, Vasallität |
| Portuguese | vassalagem |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vassalage come from?
From Old French vassalage (French vasselage), from vassal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).