vasière
\va.zjɛʁ\
The verdict
“vasière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand bassin de saline dans lequel arrive l’eau de mer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vasiere · vasière · French
vasière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | vasière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.zjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vasière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vasière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.zjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
vasière has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vasière, spelled V-A-S-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Grand bassin de saline dans lequel arrive l’eau de mer.
- 2Zone marécageuse sédimentaire située le long du littoral ou d’un estuaire.
- 3Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vasière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des troupeaux de buffles à peine domestiqués surgissaient des vasières et prenaient le trot, cornes hautes, toute la horde massive hérissée soudain par le vent.
À l’interface entre terre et mer, vasières, dunes, prés-salés, roselières et prairies humides d’eau saumâtre et d’eau douce se succèdent sous l’influence décroissante des marées et des crues de la Seine.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.