vendredi saint
\vɑ̃.dʁə.di sɛ̃\
The verdict
“vendredi saint” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Le vendredi de la semaine sainte.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vendredi saint |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɑ̃.dʁə.di sɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vendredi saint” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vendredi saint is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɑ̃.dʁə.di sɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le vendredi de la semaine sainte.".
vendredi saint has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vendredi saint, spelled V-E-N-D-R-E-D-I- -S-A-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Le vendredi de la semaine sainte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vendredi saint”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-N-D-R-E-D-I- -S-A-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.