sauce vinaigrette

\sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\

/\sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\/ noun

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.

Key facts for sauce vinaigrette
PropertyValue
Headwordsauce vinaigrette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sauce vinaigrette” sits in French frequency

sauce vinaigrette falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Sauce 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sauce vinaigrette"?
"sauce vinaigrette" is spelled S-A-U-C-E- -V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\.
What does "sauce vinaigrette" mean?
As a noun, "sauce vinaigrette" means: Sauce froide à base de vinaigre, d’huile et de condiments qui sert à assaisonner les salades et les crudités.
How do you pronounce "sauce vinaigrette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sauce vinaigrette" is \sos vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sauce vinaigrette" come from?
"sauce vinaigrette" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list