Velux
\ve.lyks\
The verdict
“Velux” is uncommon French (frequency #59,009 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,009
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Châssis de toit, dont l’encadrement est dans la pente du toit et l'ouverture par le milieu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-velux · Velux · French
Velux · rank #59,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,009
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vartan
Nearest frequency peer: Vartan (-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 « Velux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vallonné
vallonné
40,994 corpus weight
- Vartan
Vartan
40,993 corpus weight
- Velux
Velux
40,992 corpus weight
- vibratoire
vibratoire
40,991 corpus weight
- vibrent
vibrent
40,990 corpus weight
- Victorine
Victorine
40,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Velux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Velux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ve.lyks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Velux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Velux is uncommon French at frequency #59,009 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ve.lyks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Châssis de toit, dont l’encadrement est dans la pente du toit et l'ouverture par le milieu.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Velux in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Velux, spelled V-E-L-U-X.
Definition
- 1Châssis de toit, dont l’encadrement est dans la pente du toit et l'ouverture par le milieu.
This word in other languages
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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