va-de-la-gueule
\va.d‿la.ɡœl\
The verdict
“va-de-la-gueule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Goinfre qui s’empiffre sans avoir égard à ce qu’il mange.
Corpus desk
Index FR-va-de-la-gueule · va-de-la-gueule · French
va-de-la-gueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | va-de-la-gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.d‿la.ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « va-de-la-gueule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
va-de-la-gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.d‿la.ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
va-de-la-gueule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is va-de-la-gueule, spelled V-A---D-E---L-A---G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Goinfre qui s’empiffre sans avoir égard à ce qu’il mange.
- 2Beau parleur, bon à rien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how va-de-la-gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quel dommage de fourrer une friandise aussi délicate à un tas de va-de-la-gueule qui sont incapables de l’apprécier.
Les Ritals, de la maison au chantier et du chantier au bistrot, ne fréquentent que des Ritals. Alors ils croient que tous les Français sont comme ceux-là : sales, feignants, obsédés du cul, soûlards, va-de-la-gueule et communistes, et leurs femmes toutes putains et vérolées.
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.