vex
\ˈvɛks\
The verdict
“vex” is uncommon French (frequency #90,291 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,291
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vexer, chagriner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vex · vex · French
vex · rank #90,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,291
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH verrouillent
Nearest frequency peer: verrouillent (-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 « vex »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ventilées
ventilées
9,713 corpus weight
- Verein
Verein
9,712 corpus weight
- verrouillent
verrouillent
9,711 corpus weight
- vex
vex
9,710 corpus weight
- victoriennes
victoriennes
9,708 corpus weight
- vidanger
vidanger
9,707 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vex » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vex |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɛks\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #90,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vex » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vex is uncommon French at frequency #90,291 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vexer, chagriner.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vex, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 vex, spelled V-E-X.
Definition
- 1Vexer, chagriner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
George has bought some new things for this trip, and I’m rather vexed about them. The blazer is loud. I should not like George to know that I thought so, but there really is no other word for it.
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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