vieux garçon
\vjø ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“vieux garçon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui ne s’est jamais marié et qui n’est plus considéré jeune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieux-garcon · vieux garçon · French
vieux garçon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 garçon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjø ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vieux garçon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vieux garçon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vjø ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme qui ne s’est jamais marié et qui n’est plus considéré jeune.".
Zero misspellings are on record for vieux garçon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vieux garçon, spelled V-I-E-U-X- -G-A-R-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1Homme qui ne s’est jamais marié et qui n’est plus considéré jeune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vieux garçon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les livres érotiques, qu’on appelle par euphémisme : éditions pour bibliophiles… C’est la manie des vieux garçons qui ont de l’argent à dépenser et qui trouvent trop fade une collection de timbre-poste…
Être vieux garçon, ça a ses avantages et ses inconvénients.
This word in other languages
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.