vigneau
\vi.ɲo\
The verdict
“vigneau” is uncommon French (frequency #75,334 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,334
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans un jardin, petite butte sur laquelle existe un tracé hélicoïdal planté de vigne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vigneau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ɲo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vigneau” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vigneau is uncommon French at frequency #75,334 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ɲo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vigneau, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vigneau, spelled V-I-G-N-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Dans un jardin, petite butte sur laquelle existe un tracé hélicoïdal planté de vigne.
- 2Bigorneau.
- 3Grillage métallique maintenu par un cadre à environ un mètre du sol et servant à disposer à l'air libre des morues salées que l'on veut sécher ou déshydrater
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vigneau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-G-N-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vi.ɲo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.