vermicelle
\vɛʁ.mi.sɛl\
The verdict
“vermicelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de pâte passée à la filière, mince et longue, que l’on met dans le potage, ou qui sert à confectionner des plats.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vermicelle · vermicelle · French
vermicelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vermicelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.mi.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vermicelle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vermicelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ.mi.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vermicelle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vermicelle, spelled V-E-R-M-I-C-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de pâte passée à la filière, mince et longue, que l’on met dans le potage, ou qui sert à confectionner des plats.
- 2Potage fait avec cette pâte.
- 3Dessert à base de purée de châtaignes pressée sur un biscuit croquant, servi dans un petit pot.
- 4Toutes sortes de choses ayant une forme fine et courte.
This word in other languages
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