vernaculaire
\vɛʁ.na.ky.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“vernaculaire” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,573 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #50,573
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est propre à une région ou à un pays ou à ses habitants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vernaculaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.na.ky.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vernaculaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vernaculaire is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ.na.ky.lɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,573 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vernaculaire in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vernaculaire, spelled V-E-R-N-A-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est propre à une région ou à un pays ou à ses habitants.
- 2Spécialement Langue vernaculaire, langue parlée par les habitants d'une région donnée.
- 3Spécialement Nom vernaculaire, nom donné à des êtres vivants par la population. S'oppose au nom scientifique et au nom vulgaire.
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.
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Using “vernaculaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-R-N-A-C-U-L-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɛʁ.na.ky.lɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.