Vézelay
\ve.zə.lɛ\
The verdict
“Vézelay” is uncommon French (frequency #51,817 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,817
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vezelay · Vézelay · French
Vézelay · rank #51,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,817
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH waterproof
Nearest frequency peer: waterproof (+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 « Vézelay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- voilou
voilou
48,188 corpus weight
- végane
végane
48,186 corpus weight
- Vézelay
Vézelay
48,184 corpus weight
- waterproof
waterproof
48,183 corpus weight
- Wentworth
Wentworth
48,181 corpus weight
- wheel
wheel
48,180 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Vézelay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vézelay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ve.zə.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Vézelay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Vézelay is uncommon French at frequency #51,817 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ve.zə.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.".
Vézelay has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Vézelay, spelled V-É-Z-E-L-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vézelay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur la crête des flots, au loin, la Madeleine de Vézelay dresse ses mâts.
Gilbert n’aurait jamais osé espérer cet honneur. Vézelay, pour le Bourguignon qu’il était, c’était La Mecque.
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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