vice versa
\vi.se vɛʁ.sa\
The verdict
“vice versa” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans l'autre sens ; réciproquement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vice-versa · vice versa · French
vice versa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vice versa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \vi.se vɛʁ.sa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vice versa is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \vi.se vɛʁ.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans l'autre sens ; réciproquement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vice versa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vice versa, spelled V-I-C-E- -V-E-R-S-A.
Definition
- 1Dans l'autre sens ; réciproquement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vice versa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Venons-en à une seconde implication de la nature de l’impression et du phénoménalisme, le principe selon lequel « tout ce qui est différent est distinguable, tout ce qui est distinguable est discernable et vice versa » […].
Le métis ayant le salvelin pour mère et la truite pour père et vice versa est également d'un développement remarquable et vient dans les eaux moins profondes que celles qu'exige le premier.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.