vapoterie
\va.pɔ.tʁi\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vapoterie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.pɔ.tʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vapoterie » en français
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
- 1Établissement spécialisé dans la vente de cigarettes électroniques et de leurs accessoires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vapoterie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.