voussoir
/vuˈswɑːr/
"voussoir" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“voussoir” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.
Corpus desk
Index EN-voussoir · voussoir · English
voussoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voussoir |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vuˈswɑːr/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “voussoir” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
voussoir is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /vuˈswɑːr/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for voussoir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“I roll”). The correct English form is voussoir, spelled V-O-U-S-S-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“I roll”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.