vieux
/vjø/
The verdict
“vieux” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,597 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,597
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viejo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vieux · vieux · Spanish
vieux · rank #80,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,597
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH violoncelo
Nearest frequency peer: violoncelo (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “vieux”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- verifico
verifico
19,408 corpus weight
- viajaremos
viajaremos
19,407 corpus weight
- vibradores
vibradores
19,406 corpus weight
- vieux
vieux
19,404 corpus weight
- violoncelo
violoncelo
19,403 corpus weight
- Virginie
Virginie
19,402 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “vieux” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vieux |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vjø/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “vieux” en español
Rare enough to double-check
vieux is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,597 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vjø/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Viejo.".
vieux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is vieux, spelled V-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Viejo.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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