va-de-la-gueule

\va.d‿la.ɡœl\

/\va.d‿la.ɡœl\/ noun

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.

Key facts for va-de-la-gueule
PropertyValue
Headwordva-de-la-gueule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.d‿la.ɡœl\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « va-de-la-gueule » en français

va-de-la-gueulereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

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

  1. 1
    Goinfre qui s’empiffre sans avoir égard à ce qu’il mange.
  2. 2
    Beau parleur, bon à rien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how va-de-la-gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quel dommage de fourrer une friandise aussi délicate à un tas de va-de-la-gueule qui sont incapables de l’apprécier.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "va-de-la-gueule"?
"va-de-la-gueule" is spelled V-A---D-E---L-A---G-U-E-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.d‿la.ɡœl\.
What does "va-de-la-gueule" mean?
As a noun, "va-de-la-gueule" means: Goinfre qui s’empiffre sans avoir égard à ce qu’il mange.
How do you pronounce "va-de-la-gueule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "va-de-la-gueule" is \va.d‿la.ɡœl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "va-de-la-gueule" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list