vieux comme mes robes
\vjø kɔm me ʁɔb\
The verdict
“vieux comme mes robes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très vieux ; très ancien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieux-comme-mes-robes · vieux comme mes robes · French
vieux comme mes robes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 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 mes robes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vjø kɔm me ʁɔb\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vieux comme mes robes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vjø kɔm me ʁɔb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très vieux ; très ancien.".
vieux comme mes robes has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 vieux comme mes robes, spelled V-I-E-U-X- -C-O-M-M-E- -M-E-S- -R-O-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Très vieux ; très ancien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vieux comme mes robes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à la congélation des bébés, c'est vieux comme mes robes et comme les congélateurs.
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.