vautrer

\vo.tʁe\

/\vo.tʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“vautrer” is uncommon French (frequency #55,668 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,668
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chasser le sanglier avec le vautrait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vautrer · vautrer · French

vautrer · rank #55,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,668
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vaise

Nearest frequency peer: Vaise (-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 « vautrer »

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 « vautrer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vautrer
PropertyValue
Headwordvautrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vo.tʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vautrer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vautrertombe 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: « Vaise » (#55,667), « vautrin » (#55,669), « utilités » (#55,666). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vautrer » est au #55,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vautrer is uncommon French at frequency #55,668 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \vo.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vautrer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 vautrer, spelled V-A-U-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chasser le sanglier avec le vautrait.
  2. 2
    S’enfoncer, s’étendre, se rouler dans la boue.
  3. 3
    S’affaler, s’étendre de tout son long, se rouler sur ou dans quelque chose, se vituler.
  4. 4
    S’abandonner entièrement dans quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Échouer lamentablement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sanglier, le cochon se vautre dans la fange.
  2. Ce M. Du Poirier était un être de la dernière vulgarité, et qui semblait fier de ses façons basses et familières ; c’est ainsi que le cochon se vautre dans la fange avec une sorte de volupté insolente pour le spectateur.

This word in other languages

wallow(English)

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 "vautrer"?
"vautrer" is spelled V-A-U-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vo.tʁe\.
What does "vautrer" mean?
As a verb, "vautrer" means: Chasser le sanglier avec le vautrait.
How do you pronounce "vautrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vautrer" is \vo.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vautrer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vautrin#55,669vehicle#55,670Venezia#55,671tzigane#55,664

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list