vieux comme le monde
The verdict
“vieux comme le monde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui existe depuis très longtemps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vieux comme le monde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vieux comme le monde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vieux comme le monde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui existe depuis très longtemps.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vieux comme le monde in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vieux comme le monde, spelled V-I-E-U-X- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E- -M-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui existe depuis très longtemps.
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.
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Using “vieux comme le monde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-E-U-X- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E- -M-O-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.