vair
\vɛʁ\
The verdict
“vair” is uncommon French (frequency #57,674 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,674
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fourrure blanche et grise de quelques espèces d’écureuils et particulièrement de celle du petit-gris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vair · vair · French
vair · rank #57,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,674
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH utilisatrices
Nearest frequency peer: utilisatrices (-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 « vair »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- usufruitier
usufruitier
42,329 corpus weight
- utilisatric…
utilisatrices
42,328 corpus weight
- vair
vair
42,327 corpus weight
- Valtteri
Valtteri
42,326 corpus weight
- vez
vez
42,325 corpus weight
- VGA
VGA
42,324 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vair » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vair |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vair » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vair is uncommon French at frequency #57,674 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vair in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vair, spelled V-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Fourrure blanche et grise de quelques espèces d’écureuils et particulièrement de celle du petit-gris.
- 2Fourrure de l’écu, figurée par de petites cloches alternées d’azur et d’argent, disposées de telle sorte que la pointe des pièces d’azur est opposée à la pointe des pièces d’argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son costume se composait d’une tunique verte, fourrée au col et aux poignets avec du menu vair, sorte de fourrure inférieure en qualité à l’hermine et provenant, à ce que l’on croit, de la peau de l’écureuil gris.
Le vair et le petit-gris durent être prohibés au milieu du XIIᵉ siècle.
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.
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