vermiculé
\vɛʁ.mi.ky.le\
The verdict
“vermiculé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orné de vermiculures, dont les motifs font penser à des galeries de vers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vermicule · vermiculé · French
vermiculé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | vermiculé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.mi.ky.le\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vermiculé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vermiculé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɛʁ.mi.ky.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orné de vermiculures, dont les motifs font penser à des galeries de vers.".
vermiculé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 vermiculé, spelled V-E-R-M-I-C-U-L-É.
Definition
- 1Orné de vermiculures, dont les motifs font penser à des galeries de vers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vermiculé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On prend pied sur un plateau tarabiscoté, vermiculé, hérissé de petites « patates » de corail, creusé de canaux où de vifs éclats de couleur fuient devant vous et de bassins tapissés d’un vivant velours orange, violet, rouge, dans lesquels faire la planche, sur une eau si limpide qu’on pourrait se croire suspendu dans le ciel, procure une sorte de bonheur…
Le fond vermiculé du pâle madrépore.
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.