vieux comme Hérode
\vjø kɔ.m‿e.ʁɔd\
The verdict
“vieux comme Hérode” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrêmement ancien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieux-comme-herode · vieux comme Hérode · French
vieux comme Hérode · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 | vieux comme Hérode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vjø kɔ.m‿e.ʁɔd\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vieux comme Hérode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vjø kɔ.m‿e.ʁɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extrêmement ancien.".
vieux comme Hérode has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vieux comme Hérode, spelled V-I-E-U-X- -C-O-M-M-E- -H-É-R-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Extrêmement ancien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vieux comme Hérode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le scandale, au contraire, a cela d'admirable, Qu’étant vieux comme Hérode, il est toujours nouveau ; Que voilà cinq mille ans qu’on le trouve adorable : Toujours frais, toujours gai, vrai Tithon de la Fable, […].
Sans remonter au Déluge, l’évaluation des récits bibliques à l’aune de la science ne date pas d’hier. Elle est même vieille comme Hérode. Mais l’« étoile » des Mages est sans doute l’évènement qui a le plus fait calculer les astronomes.
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.