vélin
\ve.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“vélin” is uncommon French (frequency #56,361 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,361
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la finesse du vélin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-velin · vélin · French
vélin · rank #56,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,361
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vulgarisateur
Nearest frequency peer: vulgarisateur (-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 « vélin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- voyeurs
voyeurs
43,643 corpus weight
- vulgairement
vulgairement
43,642 corpus weight
- vulgarisate…
vulgarisateur
43,641 corpus weight
- vélin
vélin
43,640 corpus weight
- Witherspoon
Witherspoon
43,638 corpus weight
- yak
yak
43,637 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vélin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vélin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ve.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vélin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vélin is uncommon French at frequency #56,361 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ve.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a la finesse du vélin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vélin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vélin, spelled V-É-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui a la finesse du vélin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vélin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
papier vélin.
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.
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