langue de vipère
\lɑ̃ɡ də vi.pɛʁ\
The verdict
“langue de vipère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui parle pour faire du mal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langue-de-vipere · langue de vipère · French
langue de vipère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | langue de vipère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃ɡ də vi.pɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « langue de vipère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
langue de vipère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃ɡ də vi.pɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui parle pour faire du mal.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for langue de vipère, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is langue de vipère, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -D-E- -V-I-P-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui parle pour faire du mal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how langue de vipère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle redoutait toutes les langues de vipère qui allaient se mettre à jaser si elles apprenaient que la police avait embarqué Niclas pour l’interroger.
Que ce mensonge nous unisse, que ce mariage nous apporte d'autres petits-enfants, et que Dieu bâillonne chaque langue de vipère qui osera en parler différemment!
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.