vinaigrette

Name: vinaigrette, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/

//vɪnəˈɡɹɛt// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“vinaigrette” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,257
frequency rank, English: 7,391
“V” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.

Key facts for vinaigrette
Property	Value
Headword	vinaigrette
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#46,257
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vinaigrette” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). vinaigrette lands here:

#46,257

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around vinaigrette (IPA /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,257 among 7,391 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vinaigrette, with forms such as "ivnaigrette", "vianigrette", and "vinagirette". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret. The correct English form is vinaigrette, spelled V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

1
A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.
2
A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts
3
A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a litter, to be drawn or pushed by a person. They were used in France until the late 18th century.
4
Alternative form of vinegret (“type of Russian salad”).

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.

Synonyms

French dressing Italian dressingGreek dressingvinaigrette dressingvinaigrette saucevinaigrette salad sauce

This word in other languages

vinagreta(Español)vinaigrette(Français)Vinaigrette(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ivnaigrette
vianigrette
vinagirette
vinaigertte
vinaiggrette
vinaigrete
vinaigretet
vinaigrrette
vinaigrtete
vinairgette
viniagrette
vinnaigrette
vniaigrette
vvinaigrette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vinaigrette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "vinaigrette"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vinaigrette"?

"vinaigrette" is spelled V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/.

What does "vinaigrette" mean?

As a noun, "vinaigrette" means: A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.

What are common misspellings of "vinaigrette"?

Common misspellings include "ivnaigrette", "vianigrette", "vinagirette", "vinaigertte", "vinaiggrette". The correct spelling is "vinaigrette".

How do you pronounce "vinaigrette"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vinaigrette" is /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "vinaigrette"?

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “vinaigrette”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.