vaste blague
\vast blaɡ\
The verdict
“vaste blague” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blague de mauvais goût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vaste-blague · vaste blague · French
vaste blague · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | vaste blague |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vast blaɡ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vaste blague is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vast blaɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Blague de mauvais goût.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vaste blague, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vaste blague, spelled V-A-S-T-E- -B-L-A-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Blague de mauvais goût.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vaste blague appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’autres meneurs affirment qu’ils se moquent de toute fraternité, que le christianisme est une plaisanterie et que l’humanité s’organisera sur des bases scientifiques. Les bases scientifiques, réplique le bourgeois, ne sont qu’une vaste blague.
Elia propose un plan d’économie du combustible nucléaire, en modulant la production des centrales en activité. « Une vaste blague ! », commente Marie-Christine Marghem, ancienne ministre de l’énergie, députée du Mouvement réformateur.
Synonyms
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.