vicelard
\vi.s(ə).laʁ\
The verdict
“vicelard” is uncommon French (frequency #98,628 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,628
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pervers, retors, rusé, vicieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vicelard · vicelard · French
vicelard · rank #98,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,628
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vetus
Nearest frequency peer: vetus (-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 « vicelard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- verdes
verdes
1,378 corpus weight
- verseront
verseront
1,375 corpus weight
- vetus
vetus
1,374 corpus weight
- vicelard
vicelard
1,373 corpus weight
- villains
villains
1,372 corpus weight
- virevolte
virevolte
1,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vicelard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vicelard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vi.s(ə).laʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vicelard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vicelard is uncommon French at frequency #98,628 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vi.s(ə).laʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pervers, retors, rusé, vicieux.".
vicelard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vicelard, spelled V-I-C-E-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Pervers, retors, rusé, vicieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vicelard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce que je souhaite, dit Verdier, c'est que ces ordures ne ridiculisent pas mon ami Domergue, spécialiste du drame de campagne, de la psychologie paysanne, mais complètement étranger aux saloperies vicelardes des barbouzes.
À côté de lui, un petit blond avec des yeux vicelards jouant à se dévisser la mâchoire, menotté aussi.
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); 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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