vicissitude
\vi.si.si.tyd\
The verdict
“vicissitude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Révolution, changement par lequel des choses différentes se succèdent les unes aux autres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vicissitude · vicissitude · French
vicissitude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | vicissitude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.si.si.tyd\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vicissitude » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vicissitude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.si.si.tyd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
vicissitude doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vicissitude, spelled V-I-C-I-S-S-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Révolution, changement par lequel des choses différentes se succèdent les unes aux autres.
- 2Instabilité, disposition qu’ont toutes les choses à changer rapidement de mal en bien, de bien en mal.
- 3Ces changements mêmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vicissitude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La vicissitude des saisons.
Sa vie est une vicissitude continuelle de repos et de travail, de plaisirs et de peines, de sagesse et de joie.
This word in other languages
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