veuvage
\vœ.vaʒ\
The verdict
“veuvage” is uncommon French (frequency #53,057 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,057
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situation de la personne dont le/la conjoint(e) est décédé(e), et qui ne s’est point remariée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-veuvage · veuvage · French
veuvage · rank #53,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,057
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vespasien
Nearest frequency peer: Vespasien (-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 « veuvage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vengeances
vengeances
46,947 corpus weight
- versait
versait
46,946 corpus weight
- Vespasien
Vespasien
46,945 corpus weight
- veuvage
veuvage
46,944 corpus weight
- vidées
vidées
46,943 corpus weight
- viennoise
viennoise
46,942 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « veuvage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veuvage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vœ.vaʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « veuvage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
veuvage is uncommon French at frequency #53,057 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vœ.vaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
veuvage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is veuvage, spelled V-E-U-V-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Situation de la personne dont le/la conjoint(e) est décédé(e), et qui ne s’est point remariée.
- 2Vie sans conjoint ; célibat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how veuvage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était vigoureux encore, il avait toujours professé que l’homme ne devait pas vivre seul, bien qu’il n’eût pas trop souffert, jusque-là, de son veuvage, dans son acharnement au travail.
Elle s’était laissée marier docilement à un vieillard, l’avait subi sans révolte. Vous ne doutiez pas qu’elle dût se soumettre aisément aux obligations du veuvage.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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