vignon

\vi.ɲɔ̃\

/\vi.ɲɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“vignon” is uncommon French (frequency #64,162 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,162
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genêt épineux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vignon · vignon · French

vignon · rank #64,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,162
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vim

Nearest frequency peer: vim (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « vignon »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vignon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vignon
PropertyValue
Headwordvignon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.ɲɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vignon » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vignontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vim » (#64,163), « vieillie » (#64,160), « vini » (#64,164). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vignon » est au #64,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vignon is uncommon French at frequency #64,162 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ɲɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genêt épineux.".

Zero misspellings are on record for vignon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 vignon, spelled V-I-G-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genêt épineux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vignon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En moins de vingt minutes, plus de deux kilomètres de bois taillis, de bruyères et de vignons se sont trouvés envahis par les flammes.

Synonyms

vignotguignot

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vignon"?
"vignon" is spelled V-I-G-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.ɲɔ̃\.
What does "vignon" mean?
As a noun, "vignon" means: Genêt épineux.
How do you pronounce "vignon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vignon" is \vi.ɲɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vignon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vitaly#64,166voodoo#64,167vostre#64,168warden#64,173

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list