VHF
\faʊ̯ ʔhaːʔɛf\
The verdict
“VHF” is uncommon French (frequency #57,678 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,678
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fibrillation atriale, fibrillation auriculaire (Vorhofflimmern).
Corpus desk
Index FR-vhf · VHF · French
VHF · rank #57,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,678
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH VGA
Nearest frequency peer: VGA (-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 « VHF »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Valtteri
Valtteri
42,326 corpus weight
- vez
vez
42,325 corpus weight
- VGA
VGA
42,324 corpus weight
- VHF
VHF
42,323 corpus weight
- vibré
vibré
42,322 corpus weight
- vicariat
vicariat
42,321 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « VHF » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | VHF |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \faʊ̯ ʔhaːʔɛf\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « VHF » en français
Rare enough to double-check
VHF is uncommon French at frequency #57,678 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \faʊ̯ ʔhaːʔɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fibrillation atriale, fibrillation auriculaire (Vorhofflimmern).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for VHF in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is VHF, spelled V-H-F.
Definition
- 1Fibrillation atriale, fibrillation auriculaire (Vorhofflimmern).
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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