vareuse
\va.ʁøz\
The verdict
“vareuse” is uncommon French (frequency #77,133 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,133
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de blouse que portent les matelots.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vareuse · vareuse · French
vareuse · rank #77,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,133
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vaporeux
Nearest frequency peer: vaporeux (-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 « vareuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vandalisées
vandalisées
22,871 corpus weight
- vandalisés
vandalisés
22,870 corpus weight
- vaporeux
vaporeux
22,869 corpus weight
- vareuse
vareuse
22,868 corpus weight
- varus
varus
22,867 corpus weight
- vendirent
vendirent
22,865 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vareuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vareuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.ʁøz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vareuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vareuse is uncommon French at frequency #77,133 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.ʁøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vareuse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vareuse, spelled V-A-R-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de blouse que portent les matelots.
- 2Vêtement militaire plus court que la tunique.
- 3Veste très ample.
- 4Maillot des équipes de football.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vareuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette fois il était prêt, Thiébot, et déjà il n’avait plus l’air d’un paysan avec sa vareuse lavée et relavée, son ciré sur le bras, son « boudin » de toile à cheval sur l’épaule, fermé par ses cordonnets à pompons comme ces blouses qu’on porte les jours de foire et, bien arrimé par une courroie à sa ceinture, une grosse botte « d’agréments » : oignons, a…
Tu ne peux pas aller dîner en ville en vareuse rouge et avec un bonnet de débardeur.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).