vary
\ˈvɛɹ.i\
The verdict
“vary” is uncommon French (frequency #98,616 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,616
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Varier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vary · vary · French
vary · rank #98,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,616
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vannetais
Nearest frequency peer: Vannetais (-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 « vary »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Vallery
Vallery
1,389 corpus weight
- Vannetais
Vannetais
1,386 corpus weight
- vary
vary
1,385 corpus weight
- vaudraient
vaudraient
1,384 corpus weight
- vay
vay
1,383 corpus weight
- veen
veen
1,381 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vary » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vary |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɛɹ.i\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vary » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vary is uncommon French at frequency #98,616 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɛɹ.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Varier.".
vary doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vary, spelled V-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Varier.
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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