vétilleux
The verdict
“vétilleux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui demande des soins minutieux, de l’attention aux plus petits détails.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vetilleux · vétilleux · French
vétilleux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vétilleux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vétilleux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vétilleux in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vétilleux, spelled V-É-T-I-L-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui demande des soins minutieux, de l’attention aux plus petits détails.
- 2Qui est maniaque du détail ; s’arrête à des vétilles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vétilleux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; car enfin n'étoit de sa part qu'un pur acte de complaisance parfaitement désintéressée que celui de se prêter à ces vétilleuses épreuves fans cesse environnées de piéges ou de défiances, & dont les succès en étoient aussitôt anéantis qu'obtenus , par des objections plus vétilleuses & plus insidieuses encore.
Cette aristocratie vétilleuse et frondeuse, Louis XIV la tenait dans sa main, dans la cage dorée de Versailles, loin de Paris.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.