sauce vinaigrette
\sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\
The verdict
“sauce vinaigrette” 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 May 6, 2026) - Sauce froide à base de vinaigre, d’huile et de condiments qui sert à assaisonner les salades et les crudités.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sauce vinaigrette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sauce vinaigrette” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sauce vinaigrette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sauce froide à base de vinaigre, d’huile et de condiments qui sert à assaisonner les salades et les crudités.".
sauce vinaigrette has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sauce vinaigrette, spelled S-A-U-C-E- -V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sauce froide à base de vinaigre, d’huile et de condiments qui sert à assaisonner les salades et les crudités.
Synonyms
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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Using “sauce vinaigrette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-U-C-E- -V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\ (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.