fils de la Vierge
\fil də la vjɛʁʒ\
The verdict
“fils de la Vierge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filandres qui voltigent dans l’air en automne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fils-de-la-vierge · fils de la Vierge · French
fils de la Vierge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | fils de la Vierge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fil də la vjɛʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fils de la Vierge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fil də la vjɛʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fils de la Vierge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fils de la Vierge, spelled F-I-L-S- -D-E- -L-A- -V-I-E-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Filandres qui voltigent dans l’air en automne.
- 2Lien ténu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fils de la Vierge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bons petits cheveux si légers, Jolis petits fils de la Vierge, Vivent l’air pur qui vous héberge Et la route où vous voyagez !
Et les fils de la Vierge, se détachant des buissons, se déroulaient dans leur chute molle et sinueuse.
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.