vermouth

\vɛʁ.mut\

/\vɛʁ.mut\/ noun

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The verdict

“vermouth” is an uncommon French word, ranked #66,418 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#66,418
frequency rank, French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vin blanc dans lequel on a fait infuser des plantes amères, toniques et aromatiques.

Key facts for vermouth
PropertyValue
Headwordvermouth
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.mut\
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,418
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vermouth” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). vermouth lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vermouth is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ.mut\. Corpus data places it at rank #66,418 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vin blanc dans lequel on a fait infuser des plantes amères, toniques et aromatiques.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vermouth, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vermouth, spelled V-E-R-M-O-U-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vin blanc dans lequel on a fait infuser des plantes amères, toniques et aromatiques.

This word in other languages

vermouth(English)vermú(Español)Wermut(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vermouth"?
"vermouth" is spelled V-E-R-M-O-U-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.mut\.
What does "vermouth" mean?
As a noun, "vermouth" means: Vin blanc dans lequel on a fait infuser des plantes amères, toniques et aromatiques.
How do you pronounce "vermouth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vermouth" is \vɛʁ.mut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vermouth" come from?
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Using “vermouth”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-E-R-M-O-U-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \vɛʁ.mut\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list