véhément

\ve.e.mɑ̃\

/\ve.e.mɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“véhément” is uncommon French (frequency #67,206 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,206
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est impétueux, passionné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vehement · véhément · French

véhément · rank #67,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,206
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voterons

Nearest frequency peer: voterons (-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 « véhément »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for véhément
PropertyValue
Headwordvéhément
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ve.e.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « véhément » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « voterons » (#67,205), « vérins » (#67,207), « voiturage » (#67,204). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « véhément » est au #67,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

véhément is uncommon French at frequency #67,206 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ve.e.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for véhément in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is véhément, spelled V-É-H-É-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est impétueux, passionné.
  2. 2
    Violent, intense.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais messieurs, est-ce bien la licence des écrits véhéments que vous voulez proscrire ou les vérités hardies qui vous désespèrent.
  2. Joséphine […] pissa dans ses jupes de détresse en remarquant l’altération des traits du Pape à cette apostrophe véhémente.

This word in other languages

vehement(English)heftig(Deutsch)veemente(Português)

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 "véhément"?
"véhément" is spelled V-É-H-É-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.e.mɑ̃\.
What does "véhément" mean?
As an adjective, "véhément" means: Qui est impétueux, passionné.
How do you pronounce "véhément"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "véhément" is \ve.e.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

voterons#67,205Zhejiang#67,219écrasera#67,224ubiquité#67,182

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list