vieux comme les rues
\vjø kɔm le ʁy\
The verdict
“vieux comme les rues” 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 September 3, 2026) - Qui existe depuis très longtemps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieux-comme-les-rues · vieux comme les rues · French
vieux comme les rues · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 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 les rues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vjø kɔm le ʁy\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vieux comme les rues » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vieux comme les rues is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vjø kɔm le ʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui existe depuis très longtemps.".
vieux comme les rues has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vieux comme les rues, spelled V-I-E-U-X- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E-S- -R-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Qui existe depuis très longtemps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vieux comme les rues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Vous êtes vieux comme les rues, dit la jeune femme. Beaucoup plus vieux que mon mari. »
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.