vieux de la vieille
\vjø d(ə )la vjɛj\
The verdict
“vieux de la vieille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a une grande expérience de quelque chose, qui a vécu quelque chose que les autres n’ont pas vécu, et qui en tire une certaine fierté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieux-de-la-vieille · vieux de la vieille · French
vieux de la vieille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 de la vieille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjø d(ə )la vjɛj\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vieux de la vieille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vjø d(ə )la vjɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vieux de la vieille in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vieux de la vieille, spelled V-I-E-U-X- -D-E- -L-A- -V-I-E-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui a une grande expérience de quelque chose, qui a vécu quelque chose que les autres n’ont pas vécu, et qui en tire une certaine fierté.
- 2Par plaisanterie, à propos de l'époux d'un vieux couple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vieux de la vieille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si on ne nous reconnait plus, les vieux de la vieille savent que, quand on était ti-cul, c'était nous les rois de la grève.
C’est un soldat du premier empire, un vieux de la vieille, comme on dit, un dur-à-cuire, qui a fait toutes les campagnes du Iᵉʳ Napoléon.
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.