vage
\ˈvaːɡə\
The verdict
“vage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vague.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vage · vage · French
vage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | vage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈvaːɡə\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈvaːɡə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vague.".
vage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vage, spelled V-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Vague.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
eine vage Vorstellung (von etwas) haben
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