Vieille Capitale
\vjɛj ka.pi.tal\
The verdict
“Vieille Capitale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Avec la) Ville de Québec au Canada.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieille-capitale · Vieille Capitale · French
Vieille Capitale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | Vieille Capitale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjɛj ka.pi.tal\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Vieille Capitale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Vieille Capitale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vjɛj ka.pi.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Avec la) Ville de Québec au Canada.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Vieille Capitale in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Vieille Capitale, spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-E- -C-A-P-I-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1(Avec la) Ville de Québec au Canada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vieille Capitale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...Lévis est bien davantage qu’une simple banlieue de Québec. C’est une enclave historique, paisible et charmante qui offre une vue spectaculaire sur le fleuve toujours changeant, sur la Vieille Capitale dominée par l’orgueilleux Château Frontenac et, au loin, sur le moutonnement violet des Laurentides.
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.