vicaires

\vi.kɛʁ\

/\vi.kɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“vicaires” is uncommon French (frequency #58,343 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,343
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de vicaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vicaires · vicaires · French

vicaires · rank #58,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,343
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vertueuses

Nearest frequency peer: vertueuses (-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 « vicaires »

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 « vicaires » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vicaires
PropertyValue
Headwordvicaires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.kɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,343
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vicaires » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vicairestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vertueuses » (#58,342), « Vieu » (#58,344), « verreries » (#58,341). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vicaires » est au #58,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vicaires is uncommon French at frequency #58,343 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.kɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de vicaire.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vicaires, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 vicaires, spelled V-I-C-A-I-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de vicaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On “décorsifie” de plus en plus les emplois : les vicaires, les contrôleurs des tours…, devront être, désormais, di Terra ferma, c’est-à-dire continentaux.

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 "vicaires"?
"vicaires" is spelled V-I-C-A-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.kɛʁ\.
What does "vicaires" mean?
As a noun, "vicaires" means: Pluriel de vicaire.
How do you pronounce "vicaires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vicaires" is \vi.kɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vicaires" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list