vicié

\vi.sje\

/\vi.sje\/ adj

The verdict

“vicié” is uncommon French (frequency #53,689 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,689
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gâté, altéré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vicie · vicié · French

vicié · rank #53,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,689
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verriez

Nearest frequency peer: verriez (-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 « vicié »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vicié
PropertyValue
Headwordvicié
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vi.sje\
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vicié » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.viciétombe 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: « verriez » (#53,688), « vendront » (#53,687), « veilleurs » (#53,686). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vicié » est au #53,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vicié is uncommon French at frequency #53,689 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vi.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vicié, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vicié, spelled V-I-C-I-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gâté, altéré.
  2. 2
    Qui présente un vice de forme ou un vice de procédure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un sang vicié.
  2. — La peau est étique et desséchée... presque reptilienne. — Mon Dieu! — Ne craignez rien... L'argile va régénérer tous ces tissus viciés.

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 "vicié"?
"vicié" is spelled V-I-C-I-É. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.sje\.
What does "vicié" mean?
As an adjective, "vicié" means: Gâté, altéré.
How do you pronounce "vicié"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vicié" is \vi.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vicié" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list