vertigineuses

\vɛʁ.ti.ʒi.nøz\

/\vɛʁ.ti.ʒi.nøz\/ adj

The verdict

“vertigineuses” is uncommon French (frequency #64,867 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,867
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de vertigineux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vertigineuses · vertigineuses · French

vertigineuses · rank #64,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,867
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verstappen

Nearest frequency peer: Verstappen (-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 « vertigineuses »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vertigineuses
PropertyValue
Headwordvertigineuses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɛʁ.ti.ʒi.nøz\
Letters13
Frequency rank#64,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vertigineuses » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vertigineusestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Verstappen » (#64,866), « veus » (#64,868), « vee » (#64,865). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vertigineuses » est au #64,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vertigineuses is uncommon French at frequency #64,867 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɛʁ.ti.ʒi.nøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de vertigineux.".

Zero misspellings are on record for vertigineuses in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vertigineuses, spelled V-E-R-T-I-G-I-N-E-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de vertigineux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Avec elle, les cols de Soudet et de Marie-Blanque et leurs descentes vertigineuses, qui feront nécessairement ressurgir le souvenir de l’accident de Gino Mäder, mort le 16 juin dans une descente du Tour de Suisse.

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 "vertigineuses"?
"vertigineuses" is spelled V-E-R-T-I-G-I-N-E-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.ti.ʒi.nøz\.
What does "vertigineuses" mean?
As an adjective, "vertigineuses" means: Féminin pluriel de vertigineux.
How do you pronounce "vertigineuses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vertigineuses" is \vɛʁ.ti.ʒi.nøz\. 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 "vertigineuses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list