vigogne
\vi.ɡɔɲ\
The verdict
“vigogne” is uncommon French (frequency #99,743 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,743
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Camélidé, ruminant apparenté au lama, dont la laine est très fine. Elles vivent dans les zones d'altitude de la cordillère des Andes centrale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vigogne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ɡɔɲ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vigogne” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vigogne is uncommon French at frequency #99,743 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ɡɔɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vigogne, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 vigogne, spelled V-I-G-O-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Camélidé, ruminant apparenté au lama, dont la laine est très fine. Elles vivent dans les zones d'altitude de la cordillère des Andes centrale.
- 2Laine de cet animal mise en œuvre.
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); 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 “vigogne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-G-O-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vi.ɡɔɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.