vez
\ˈveː(s)\
The verdict
“vez” is uncommon French (frequency #57,676 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,676
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme mutée de bez par adoucissement (b → v).
Corpus desk
Index FR-vez · vez · French
vez · rank #57,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,676
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Valtteri
Nearest frequency peer: Valtteri (-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 « vez »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- utilisatric…
utilisatrices
42,328 corpus weight
- vair
vair
42,327 corpus weight
- Valtteri
Valtteri
42,326 corpus weight
- vez
vez
42,325 corpus weight
- VGA
VGA
42,324 corpus weight
- VHF
VHF
42,323 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈveː(s)\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vez » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vez is uncommon French at frequency #57,676 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈveː(s)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme mutée de bez par adoucissement (b → v).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vez, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vez, spelled V-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Forme mutée de bez par adoucissement (b → v).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lâret a reas dʼe barrouzianez ʼn em gavout, da hanternoz, er vered, war vez ar cʼhloareg yaouank.
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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