vaurien
\vo.ʁjɛ̃\
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
- vacantes
vacantes
35,141 corpus weight
- vald
vald
35,140 corpus weight
- vaurien
vaurien
35,138 corpus weight
- vectoriels
vectoriels
35,137 corpus weight
- vee
vee
35,136 corpus weight
- Verstappen
Verstappen
35,135 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vaurien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaurien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vo.ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vaurien » en français
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
- 1Fainéant, libertin, être dénué de toute valeur morale.
- 2Chenapan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vaurien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce vaurien de Mablot, ce dégoûtant, ce saligaud ! Et lui qui le tenait en si haute estime, lui qui avait tant chanté ses louanges !
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"?
What does "vaurien" mean?
How do you pronounce "vaurien"?
What language does "vaurien" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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).