sueur de vieil
The verdict
“sueur de vieil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Savetier, cordonnier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sueur-de-vieil · sueur de vieil · French
sueur de vieil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sueur de vieil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sueur de vieil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sueur de vieil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Savetier, cordonnier.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sueur de vieil in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sueur de vieil, spelled S-U-E-U-R- -D-E- -V-I-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Savetier, cordonnier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sueur de vieil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] demandes de Nicolas Poiret, tisserand de bucails, 17 juin 1641 et de Jean de la Haye, maître sueur de vieil (savetier), 20 juin 1641.
Le nom François de Petrus Sutor étoit en latin Pierre le Sueur. […] de l’idée attachée au Savetier. Des Sueurs de vieil, ajoute-il après du Cange au mot corvesarii, c’est ce que les Latins disent sutores veterinarii, autrement dit corvoisiers a coris veteri […] Un vieux Dictionnaire Latin - François imprimé en lettres gothiques in-folio à Rouen chez Marti…
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.