vassale
\va.sal\
The verdict
“vassale” is uncommon French (frequency #92,309 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,309
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est liée par serment d’allégeance et d’hommage à un suzerain qui en retour lui reconnaît la propriété d’un fief.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vassale · vassale · French
vassale · rank #92,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,309
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vauvenargues
Nearest frequency peer: Vauvenargues (+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 « vassale »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- valaisans
valaisans
7,695 corpus weight
- vassale
vassale
7,692 corpus weight
- Vauvenargues
Vauvenargues
7,691 corpus weight
- venins
venins
7,690 corpus weight
- vergue
vergue
7,689 corpus weight
- versaient
versaient
7,688 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vassale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vassale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.sal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vassale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vassale is uncommon French at frequency #92,309 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.sal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vassale has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vassale, spelled V-A-S-S-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui est liée par serment d’allégeance et d’hommage à un suzerain qui en retour lui reconnaît la propriété d’un fief.
- 2Entité en soumission juridique et civile d’une autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vassale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le président va bien plus loin dans cette lettre, avertissant le prochain gouvernement d'une vague de menaces qui risqueraient, selon lui, de transformer la Micronésie en vassale de la Chine.
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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