vicinal
\vi.si.nal\
The verdict
“vicinal” is uncommon French (frequency #76,216 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,216
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne le voisinage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vicinal · vicinal · French
vicinal · rank #76,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,216
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vialatte
Nearest frequency peer: Vialatte (-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 « vicinal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Vernant
Vernant
23,787 corpus weight
- Vialatte
Vialatte
23,786 corpus weight
- vicinal
vicinal
23,785 corpus weight
- vidéoconfér…
vidéoconférence
23,784 corpus weight
- viejo
viejo
23,783 corpus weight
- vines
vines
23,782 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vicinal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vicinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vi.si.nal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vicinal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vicinal is uncommon French at frequency #76,216 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vi.si.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
vicinal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vicinal, spelled V-I-C-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne le voisinage.
- 2Se dit des chemins qui servent de moyen de communication entre plusieurs villages.
- 3Qualifie deux groupes fonctionnels attachés à deux atomes de carbone adjacents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vicinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce chemin, dit vicinal, courant entre les enclos des paysans, joignait, une demi-lieue plus loin, la grande route du Havre à Fécamp.
On cueillait depuis une quinzaine de jours, au long des routes vicinales, aux orées des « longs champs », autour des villages, sur des lieues et des lieues de terroir, par toutes les vallées.
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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