vanguard
\ˈvænˌɡɑːd\
The verdict
“vanguard” is uncommon French (frequency #53,685 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,685
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avant-garde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vanguard · vanguard · French
vanguard · rank #53,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,685
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH validez
Nearest frequency peer: validez (-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 « vanguard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- unilatérales
unilatérales
46,319 corpus weight
- validant
validant
46,318 corpus weight
- validez
validez
46,317 corpus weight
- vanguard
vanguard
46,316 corpus weight
- veilleurs
veilleurs
46,315 corpus weight
- vendront
vendront
46,314 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vanguard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vanguard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈvænˌɡɑːd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vanguard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vanguard is uncommon French at frequency #53,685 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈvænˌɡɑːd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vanguard, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vanguard, spelled V-A-N-G-U-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Avant-garde.
- 2Avant-garde.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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