curriculum vitæ
\ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.te\
The verdict
“curriculum vitæ” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Résumé du parcours scolaire et de la carrière d'une personne comprenant son éducation, son expérience, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curriculum vitæ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.te\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “curriculum vitæ” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for curriculum vitæ is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.te\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Résumé du parcours scolaire et de la carrière d'une personne comprenant son éducation, son expérience, etc.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for curriculum vitæ, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is curriculum vitæ, spelled C-U-R-R-I-C-U-L-U-M- -V-I-T-Æ.
Definition
- 1Résumé du parcours scolaire et de la carrière d'une personne comprenant son éducation, son expérience, etc.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-R-R-I-C-U-L-U-M- -V-I-T-Æ - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.te\ (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.