vertue
\fɛɐ̯ˈtuːə\
The verdict
“vertue” is uncommon French (frequency #75,333 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,333
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de vertun.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vertue · vertue · French
vertue · rank #75,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,333
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH versatilité
Nearest frequency peer: versatilité (-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 « vertue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- verdoyants
verdoyants
24,670 corpus weight
- versatilité
versatilité
24,669 corpus weight
- vertue
vertue
24,668 corpus weight
- vigneau
vigneau
24,667 corpus weight
- Vigouroux
Vigouroux
24,666 corpus weight
- Villemomble
Villemomble
24,663 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vertue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vertue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈtuːə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vertue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vertue is uncommon French at frequency #75,333 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈtuːə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
vertue has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vertue, spelled V-E-R-T-U-E.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de vertun.
- 2Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de vertun.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent I de vertun.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent I de vertun.
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 "vertue"?
What does "vertue" mean?
How do you pronounce "vertue"?
What language does "vertue" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vertue", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).