vademecum
\va.de.me.kɔm\
The verdict
“vademecum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de vadémécum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vademecum · vademecum · French
vademecum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | vademecum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.de.me.kɔm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vademecum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vademecum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.de.me.kɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de vadémécum.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for vademecum in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vademecum, spelled V-A-D-E-M-E-C-U-M.
Definition
- 1Variante de vadémécum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vademecum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En résumé, faciliter aux artistes la pratique de leur art et la vente de leurs productions, servir d'organe aux diverses industries qui se rattachent aux arts du dessin, devenir le vademecum, les petites-affiches, pour ainsi dire, des marchands de tableaux et des amateurs, unir les expositions de la province et de l'étranger à celles de Paris, en rendant…
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.