viguier

/\vi.ɡje\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,257

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

viguier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Officier de justice subalterne qui, dans le midi de la France, avait les mêmes fonctions que les prévôts royaux dans les autres provinces. Pronounced \vi.ɡje\. Often confused with vivier and vigie.

Key facts for viguier
PropertyValue
Headwordviguier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.ɡje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,257
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of viguier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for viguier is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vi.ɡje\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,257 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Officier de justice subalterne qui, dans le midi de la France, avait les mêmes fonctions que les prévôts royaux dans les autres provinces.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for viguier, with forms such as "ivguier", "vgiuier", and "vigguier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "vivier", "vigie", "vigueur", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is viguier, spelled V-I-G-U-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officier de justice subalterne qui, dans le midi de la France, avait les mêmes fonctions que les prévôts royaux dans les autres provinces.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivguier,vgiuier,vigguier,vigiuer,vigueir,viguierr,viguire,viugier,vviguier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for viguier

Misspelling Variants of "viguier"

ivguier7vgiuier7vigguier8vigiuer7vigueir7viguierr8viguire7viugier7
Misspelling Variants of "viguier"

Frequency rank: #48,257 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "viguier"?
"viguier" is spelled V-I-G-U-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.ɡje\.
What does "viguier" mean?
As a noun, "viguier" means: Officier de justice subalterne qui, dans le midi de la France, avait les mêmes fonctions que les prévôts royaux dans les autres provinces.
What words are commonly confused with "viguier"?
"viguier" is commonly confused with "vivier", "vigie", "vigueur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "viguier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "viguier" is \vi.ɡje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "viguier" come from?
"viguier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.