velus
\və.ly\
The verdict
“velus” is uncommon French (frequency #87,240 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,240
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de velu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-velus · velus · French
velus · rank #87,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,240
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH veiné
Nearest frequency peer: veiné (-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 « velus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- varieront
varieront
12,764 corpus weight
- vasa
vasa
12,763 corpus weight
- veiné
veiné
12,762 corpus weight
- velus
velus
12,761 corpus weight
- venteuse
venteuse
12,760 corpus weight
- vevo
vevo
12,759 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « velus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | velus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \və.ly\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « velus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
velus is uncommon French at frequency #87,240 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \və.ly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de velu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for velus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is velus, spelled V-E-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de velu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how velus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais voici. Sur le seuil du juste assassiné, Croisant ses bras velus sur sa large poitrine, Se dresse un grand vieillard, farouche et décharné.
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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