vague à l’âme
\va.ɡ‿a l‿am\
The verdict
“vague à l’âme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélancolie, tristesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vague-a-l-ame · vague à l’âme · French
vague à l’âme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | vague à l’âme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.ɡ‿a l‿am\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vague à l’âme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vague à l’âme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.ɡ‿a l‿am\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mélancolie, tristesse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vague à l’âme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 vague à l’âme, spelled V-A-G-U-E- -À- -L-’-Â-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mélancolie, tristesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vague à l’âme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Continuer ma lecture, l’effet de l’alcool aidant, n’aurait qu’augmenté ma solitude et mon vague à l’âme.
Il y a certains contes qui donnent du vague à l’âme, mais il y en a aussi qui apportent joie et bonne humeur. Surtout ceux qui narrent les aventures de personnes malicieuses… comme Trang Quynh.
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.