vierge
\vjɛʁʒ\
The verdict
“vierge” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,552 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,552
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie une personne qui n’a pas encore eu de relations sexuelles ou un animal qui ne s’est pas encore accouplé.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vierge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vjɛʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vierge” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vierge is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vjɛʁʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,552 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vierge, with forms such as "iverge", "veirge", and "viegre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vire", "vivre", "vitre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vierge, spelled V-I-E-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une personne qui n’a pas encore eu de relations sexuelles ou un animal qui ne s’est pas encore accouplé.
- 2Qui n’a jamais été touché, qui est intact.
- 3(Avec la préposition de) Qui n’a pas été touché, atteint, marqué par quelque chose.
- 4Qui n’est pas entaché, qui est au-dessus de tout soupçon.
- 5Qualifie les métaux qui se trouvent purs et sans mélange dans le sein de la terre.
- 6Qualifie la cire préparée, ordinairement mise en pain, et qui n’a encore été employée à aucun ouvrage.
- 7Qualifie la première huile qui sort des olives, sans qu’on les ait encore pressées.
- 8Qualifie le parchemin qui est fait de la peau des agneaux ou des chevreaux mort-nés.
- 9Qualifie une page qui n’est pas encore écrite.
- 10Qualifie un support qui n’a pas encore subi d’écriture.
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iverge,veirge,viegre,viereg,viergge,vierrge,virege,vvierge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vierge - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “vierge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-E-R-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vjɛʁʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vire” - see the side-by-side comparison. vierge vs vire
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.