vagabondage

\va.ɡa.bɔ̃.daʒ\

/\va.ɡa.bɔ̃.daʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“vagabondage” is uncommon French (frequency #56,346 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,346
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État social du vagabond.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vagabondage · vagabondage · French

vagabondage · rank #56,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,346
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vacher

Nearest frequency peer: vacher (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « vagabondage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vagabondage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vagabondage
PropertyValue
Headwordvagabondage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.ɡa.bɔ̃.daʒ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#56,346
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vagabondage » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vagabondagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « vacher » (#56,345), « Valhalla » (#56,347), « usurier » (#56,344). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vagabondage » est au #56,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vagabondage is uncommon French at frequency #56,346 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.ɡa.bɔ̃.daʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vagabondage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vagabondage, spelled V-A-G-A-B-O-N-D-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État social du vagabond.
  2. 2
    Fait de vagabonder, promenade au hasard.
  3. 3
    Délit de toute personne qui n’a ni domicile certain ni moyens de subsistance et qui n’exerce habituellement ni métier ni profession.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vagabondage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Faites exécuter vos lois contre le vagabondage; complétez-les, si elles sont imparfaites; créez-en , si vous n’en avez pas.
  2. Le vagabondage , que l'auteur appelle ailleurs un moyen de rendre la mendicité plus fructueuse , et qu'il signale comme une conséquence de la perversité autant que de l'indigence, le vagabondage est à son tour l'objet de ses prévisions.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vagabondage"?
"vagabondage" is spelled V-A-G-A-B-O-N-D-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.ɡa.bɔ̃.daʒ\.
What does "vagabondage" mean?
As a noun, "vagabondage" means: État social du vagabond.
How do you pronounce "vagabondage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vagabondage" is \va.ɡa.bɔ̃.daʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vagabondage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vagabondage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list