vibratoire

\vi.bʁa.twaʁ\

/\vi.bʁa.twaʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“vibratoire” is uncommon French (frequency #59,010 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,010
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne les vibrations ou qui est relatif à un mouvement oscillatoire périodique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vibratoire · vibratoire · French

vibratoire · rank #59,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,010
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Velux

Nearest frequency peer: Velux (-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 « vibratoire »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vibratoire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vibratoire
PropertyValue
Headwordvibratoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vi.bʁa.twaʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,010
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vibratoire » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vibratoiretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Velux » (#59,009), « vibrent » (#59,011), « Vartan » (#59,008). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vibratoire » est au #59,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vibratoire is uncommon French at frequency #59,010 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vi.bʁa.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for vibratoire in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 vibratoire, spelled V-I-B-R-A-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne les vibrations ou qui est relatif à un mouvement oscillatoire périodique.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux ondes mécaniques ou aux effets de vibration dans un système.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vibratoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On pouvait se calfeutrer et faire ronfler le poêle, on pouvait même se mettre en pantoufles, en robe de chambre, on se sentait malgré tout à portée vibratoire, quasi tactile, des énormes roues des camions. Ça déboulait dehors, à quelques mètres.
  2. tirer un trait puis l’ajouter à la somme lignes vibratoires des villes au halo de nos corps qui longent et prolongent les cours

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vibratoire"?
"vibratoire" is spelled V-I-B-R-A-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.bʁa.twaʁ\.
What does "vibratoire" mean?
As an adjective, "vibratoire" means: Qui concerne les vibrations ou qui est relatif à un mouvement oscillatoire périodique.
How do you pronounce "vibratoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vibratoire" is \vi.bʁa.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vibratoire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list