véhicule utilitaire sportif
\ve.i.ky.l‿y.ti.li.tɛʁ spɔʁ.tif\
The verdict
“véhicule utilitaire sportif” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 27
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Véhicule de grand gabarit, haut sur roues, conçu en principe pour la circulation hors piste mais couramment utilisé pour des déplacements urbains usuels.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | véhicule utilitaire sportif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ve.i.ky.l‿y.ti.li.tɛʁ spɔʁ.tif\ |
| Letters | 27 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “véhicule utilitaire sportif” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for véhicule utilitaire sportif is 27 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ve.i.ky.l‿y.ti.li.tɛʁ spɔʁ.tif\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Véhicule de grand gabarit, haut sur roues, conçu en principe pour la circulation hors piste mais couramment utilisé pour des déplacements urbains usuels.".
Zero misspellings are on record for véhicule utilitaire sportif in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 véhicule utilitaire sportif, spelled V-É-H-I-C-U-L-E- -U-T-I-L-I-T-A-I-R-E- -S-P-O-R-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Véhicule de grand gabarit, haut sur roues, conçu en principe pour la circulation hors piste mais couramment utilisé pour des déplacements urbains usuels.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is V-É-H-I-C-U-L-E- -U-T-I-L-I-T-A-I-R-E- -S-P-O-R-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.