vaurien

\vo.ʁjɛ̃\

/\vo.ʁjɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“vaurien” is uncommon French (frequency #64,863 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,863
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fainéant, libertin, être dénué de toute valeur morale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaurien · vaurien · French

vaurien · rank #64,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,863
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vectoriels

Nearest frequency peer: vectoriels (+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 « vaurien »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vaurien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vaurien
PropertyValue
Headwordvaurien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vo.ʁjɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,863
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vaurien » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vaurientombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vectoriels » (#64,864), « vald » (#64,861), « vee » (#64,865). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vaurien » est au #64,863. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vaurien is uncommon French at frequency #64,863 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vo.ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for vaurien in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 vaurien, spelled V-A-U-R-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fainéant, libertin, être dénué de toute valeur morale.
  2. 2
    Chenapan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vaurien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce vaurien de Mablot, ce dégoûtant, ce saligaud ! Et lui qui le tenait en si haute estime, lui qui avait tant chanté ses louanges !
  2. Moi, je te croyais un vrai fils, mais je vois que ma sœur t’a engendré comme un vaurien !

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vaurien"?
"vaurien" is spelled V-A-U-R-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \vo.ʁjɛ̃\.
What does "vaurien" mean?
As a noun, "vaurien" means: Fainéant, libertin, être dénué de toute valeur morale.
How do you pronounce "vaurien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaurien" is \vo.ʁjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaurien" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vaurien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list