vairon
\vɛ.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“vairon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie l’œil d’un cheval, d’un chien, etc., dont la prunelle est entourée d’un cercle blanchâtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vairon · vairon · French
vairon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | vairon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɛ.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vairon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vairon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɛ.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
vairon has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vairon, spelled V-A-I-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Qualifie l’œil d’un cheval, d’un chien, etc., dont la prunelle est entourée d’un cercle blanchâtre.
- 2Qualifie deux yeux qui n’ont pas la même couleur.
- 3Qualifie une personne ou un animal dont les yeux sont de couleurs changeantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vairon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce cheval a l’œil vairon.
Ses yeux vairons, l’un bleuâtre, l’autre brun, sous de maigres sourcils, elle les tenait de son défunt père, le coutelier, mort de cirrhose presque en même temps que sa femme.
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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.