îles Vierges
\il vjɛʁʒ\
The verdict
“îles Vierges” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipel des Petites Antilles, à l'est de Porto Rico, entre le passage des Vierges et le passage d'Anegada.
Corpus desk
Index FR-iles-vierges · îles Vierges · French
îles Vierges · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Î" 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 | îles Vierges |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \il vjɛʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
îles Vierges is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \il vjɛʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archipel des Petites Antilles, à l'est de Porto Rico, entre le passage des Vierges et le passage d'Anegada.".
îles Vierges 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 îles Vierges, spelled Î-L-E-S- -V-I-E-R-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Archipel des Petites Antilles, à l'est de Porto Rico, entre le passage des Vierges et le passage d'Anegada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how îles Vierges appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sainte-Croix (îles Vierges américaines) ne fait pas partie des îles Vierges du point de vue géomorphologique (la fosse des Îles Vierges se prolonge entre elle et le reste de l'archipel) mais y est néanmoins incluse géographiquement.
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.