vétilleux
The verdict
“vétilleux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui demande des soins minutieux, de l’attention aux plus petits détails.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vétilleux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vétilleux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vétilleux is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “vétilleux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-É-T-I-L-L-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.