vandale
\vɑ̃.dal\
The verdict
“vandale” is uncommon French (frequency #61,216 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,216
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Vandales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vandale · vandale · French
vandale · rank #61,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,216
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vaincrons
Nearest frequency peer: vaincrons (-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 « vandale »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- unissait
unissait
38,789 corpus weight
- urinoirs
urinoirs
38,788 corpus weight
- vaincrons
vaincrons
38,786 corpus weight
- vandale
vandale
38,785 corpus weight
- vendais
vendais
38,783 corpus weight
- vermeille
vermeille
38,782 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vandale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vandale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.dal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vandale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vandale is uncommon French at frequency #61,216 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɑ̃.dal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vandale in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 vandale, spelled V-A-N-D-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Vandales.
- 2Qui commet un acte de vandalisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vandale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du fond de ses marais l’engeance féodale A vomi sous nos murs son python couronné. Si nous n’écrasons pas du pied l’hydre vandale, Civilisation, ton règne est terminé !
Là, le sceptre vandale, ici la loi burgonde ; Cléopâtre renaît pire dans Frédégonde.
Synonyms
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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