vermouth

\vɛʁ.mut\

/\vɛʁ.mut\/ noun

The verdict

“vermouth” is uncommon French (frequency #66,418 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,418
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vin blanc dans lequel on a fait infuser des plantes amères, toniques et aromatiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vermouth · vermouth · French

vermouth · rank #66,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,418
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Veracruz

Nearest frequency peer: Veracruz (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « vermouth »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vermouth » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Longue queue: rang de « vermouth » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vermouthtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Veracruz » (#66,417), « videurs » (#66,419), « vengée » (#66,416). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vermouth » est au #66,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vermouth is uncommon French at frequency #66,418 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ.mut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vermouth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je leur dis : « Vous ne passerez pas devant chez nous sans prendre un joyeux vermouth. Il est rustique, mais pas trop mauvais. — Il ferait beau voir, — répliqua Vivier, — qu’on refusât un vermouth par un temps pareil ! »
  2. – Elle n’a qu’à ne pas se marier ! Pour ce qu’elle épouse !… Un type qui sent le vermouth ! D’abord, elle a toujours vécu sans nous, elle n’a pas davantage besoin de nous pour se marier !

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); 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vermouth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list