vandaliser
\vɑ̃.da.li.ze\
The verdict
“vandaliser” is uncommon French (frequency #96,480 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,480
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commettre un acte de vandalisme, détériorer avec le souci évident de nuire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vandaliser · vandaliser · French
vandaliser · rank #96,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,480
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Varvara
Nearest frequency peer: Varvara (+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 « vandaliser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vada
vada
3,525 corpus weight
- Vailland
Vailland
3,523 corpus weight
- vandaliser
vandaliser
3,521 corpus weight
- Varvara
Varvara
3,520 corpus weight
- Vaucresson
Vaucresson
3,519 corpus weight
- Vendômois
Vendômois
3,518 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vandaliser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vandaliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.da.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vandaliser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vandaliser is uncommon French at frequency #96,480 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \vɑ̃.da.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commettre un acte de vandalisme, détériorer avec le souci évident de nuire.".
vandaliser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vandaliser, spelled V-A-N-D-A-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Commettre un acte de vandalisme, détériorer avec le souci évident de nuire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vandaliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des militants du mouvement écologiste Just Stop Oil ont vandalisé un tableau de Velazquez, à Londres, le 6 novembre 2023.
Lors d’une visite dans un sanctuaire religieux du village arabe de Kifl Haris, des Israéliens orthodoxes ont été filmés en train de vandaliser des biens, en criant « Mort aux Arabes » et « Que votre village brûle », sous la protection de l’armée israélienne, a rapporté vendredi le journal Haaretz.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "vandaliser"?
What does "vandaliser" mean?
How do you pronounce "vandaliser"?
What language does "vandaliser" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vandaliser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).