vermiculaire
\vɛʁ.mi.ky.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“vermiculaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ressemble à un ver ; qui en la forme ou l’aspect.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vermiculaire · vermiculaire · French
vermiculaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | vermiculaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.mi.ky.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vermiculaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɛʁ.mi.ky.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ressemble à un ver ; qui en la forme ou l’aspect.".
vermiculaire has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 vermiculaire, spelled V-E-R-M-I-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ressemble à un ver ; qui en la forme ou l’aspect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vermiculaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un bâton à la main, Faugères guide sa méharée silencieuse. Derrière lui, étalées sur un kilomètre de large, les petites colonnes vermiculaires de la Compagnie suivent, minuscules pygmées répartis sur plusieurs hectares.
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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.