vertex

\vɛʁ.tɛks\

/\vɛʁ.tɛks\/ noun

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The verdict

“vertex” is uncommon French (frequency #78,042 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,042
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sommet du crâne, de la tête.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vertex · vertex · French

vertex · rank #78,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,042
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verhaeren

Nearest frequency peer: Verhaeren (-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 « vertex »

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 « vertex » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vertex
PropertyValue
Headwordvertex
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.tɛks\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,042
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vertex » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vertextombe 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: « Verhaeren » (#78,041), « vest » (#78,043), « venet » (#78,040). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vertex » est au #78,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vertex is uncommon French at frequency #78,042 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ.tɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

vertex doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 vertex, spelled V-E-R-T-E-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sommet du crâne, de la tête.
  2. 2
    Partie supérieure de la tête de l’oiseau, ou calotte.
  3. 3
    Portion horizontale de la face des insectes, qui touche le front et située derrière les yeux.
  4. 4
    Point de latitude maximale ou minimale d'une orthodromie tracée sur une surface de révolution. En ce point, et en projection sphérique, l'orthodromie croise à angles droits le méridien.
  5. 5
    Point de la sphère céleste vers lequel semble se diriger un ensemble d’étoiles.
  6. 6
    Point virtuel présent sur les diagrammes de Feynman où a lieu l’émission ou l’absorption d’une particule.
  7. 7
    Hauteur du point le plus élevé de la trajectoire d’un projectile.
  8. 8
    Point d’intersection entre deux ou plusieurs segments dans une construction 3D.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans l’épreuve de Weber, on met le diapason sur le vertex.
  2. Le vertex de la fauvette à tête noire est brun lorsque c'est une femelle

Synonyms

sinciputflèchesommet

This word in other languages

vertex(English)Scheitel(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 "vertex"?
"vertex" is spelled V-E-R-T-E-X. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.tɛks\.
What does "vertex" mean?
As a noun, "vertex" means: Sommet du crâne, de la tête.
How do you pronounce "vertex"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vertex" is \vɛʁ.tɛks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wissam#78,058wraith#78,060tycoon#78,018tropes#78,011

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list