vicomte
"vicomte" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vicomte” is uncommon English (frequency #71,208 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,208
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A French viscount.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vicomte · vicomte · English
vicomte · rank #71,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,208
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH viciousness
Nearest frequency peer: viciousness (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “vicomte”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- usefull
usefull
28,802 corpus weight
- viciousness
viciousness
28,794 corpus weight
- vicomte
vicomte
28,793 corpus weight
- Vosges
Vosges
28,792 corpus weight
- Welwyn
Welwyn
28,786 corpus weight
- whippet
whippet
28,783 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vicomte” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vicomte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vicomte” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vicomte is uncommon English at frequency #71,208 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A French viscount.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vicomte, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French vicomte. Doublet of vicecomes and viscount. The correct English form is vicomte, spelled V-I-C-O-M-T-E.
Definition
- 1A French viscount.
Etymology
From French vicomte. Doublet of vicecomes and viscount.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).