vast
\ˈbast\
The verdict
“vast” is uncommon French (frequency #94,368 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,368
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ample, large, étendu, vaste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vast · vast · French
vast · rank #94,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,368
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vapor
Nearest frequency peer: vapor (-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 « vast »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Valençay
Valençay
5,637 corpus weight
- valo
valo
5,635 corpus weight
- vapor
vapor
5,634 corpus weight
- vast
vast
5,633 corpus weight
- VDI
VDI
5,632 corpus weight
- veinards
veinards
5,631 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vast » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vast |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈbast\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vast » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vast is uncommon French at frequency #94,368 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbast\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ample, large, étendu, vaste.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vast in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vast, spelled V-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Ample, large, étendu, vaste.
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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