vaporeuse
\va.pɔ.ʁøz\
The verdict
“vaporeuse” is uncommon French (frequency #87,235 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,235
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Féminin singulier de vaporeux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vaporeuse · vaporeuse · French
vaporeuse · rank #87,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,235
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vantés
Nearest frequency peer: vantés (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vaporeuse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Valencienne
Valencienne
12,769 corpus weight
- vallette
vallette
12,768 corpus weight
- vantés
vantés
12,767 corpus weight
- vaporeuse
vaporeuse
12,766 corpus weight
- vardon
vardon
12,765 corpus weight
- varieront
varieront
12,764 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vaporeuse” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaporeuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \va.pɔ.ʁøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vaporeuse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vaporeuse is uncommon French at frequency #87,235 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \va.pɔ.ʁøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de vaporeux.".
vaporeuse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vaporeuse, spelled V-A-P-O-R-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de vaporeux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vaporeuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le visage du professeur, d’ordinaire enflammé de couperose au premier verre d’alcool, avait viré au gris-mauve, mais, couronnés par la vaporeuse chevelure blanche et soulignés par l’épaisse barre des sourcils noirs en bataille, les traits semblaient singulièrement calmes encore qu’à chaque expiration, les lèvres craquelées se gonflassent pour à peine se d…
L’ombre mouvante des mousselines était aussi vaporeuse que leur feuillage.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vaporeuse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.