vak
\ˈvakː\
The verdict
“vak” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Libre, vacant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vak · vak · French
vak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | vak |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈvakː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vak is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈvakː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vak in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vak, spelled V-A-K.
Definition
- 1Libre, vacant.
- 2Oisif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kerkent e voe klevet ar galv d’ ar gad, e berr amzer e pignas an holl harzlammerien a vane er cʼhamp er cʼharbedoù vak, GMC, half-track, scout-car, jeep, ha hep mui gortoz e kemerjont hent Azazga.
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.