vapoterie

\va.pɔ.tʁi\

/\va.pɔ.tʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“vapoterie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement spécialisé dans la vente de cigarettes électroniques et de leurs accessoires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vapoterie · vapoterie · French

vapoterie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • 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.

Key facts for vapoterie
PropertyValue
Headwordvapoterie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.pɔ.tʁi\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vapoterie » en français

vapoterien'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vapoterie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.pɔ.tʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement spécialisé dans la vente de cigarettes électroniques et de leurs accessoires.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vapoterie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vapoterie, spelled V-A-P-O-T-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement spécialisé dans la vente de cigarettes électroniques et de leurs accessoires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vapoterie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avec une première vapoterie ouverte à l’été 2013, rue Leclerc, puis deux autres l’année suivante, rue Foch, on peut dire que le marché de la cigarette électronique est bien occupé au Creusot.
  2. Les buralistes réclament le monopole et l’encadrement de la commercialisation de l’e-cigarette. Les vapoteries défendent un produit qui nécessite une attention particulière.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vapoterie"?
"vapoterie" is spelled V-A-P-O-T-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.pɔ.tʁi\.
What does "vapoterie" mean?
As a noun, "vapoterie" means: Établissement spécialisé dans la vente de cigarettes électroniques et de leurs accessoires.
How do you pronounce "vapoterie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vapoterie" is \va.pɔ.tʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vapoterie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list