vilebrequin
\vil.bʁə.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“vilebrequin” is an uncommon French word, ranked #59,712 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,712
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Outil à main, en forme de manivelle, qui soumet son embout, une mèche ou un foret, à un mouvement de rotation autour d’un axe longitudinal, pour forer un trou dans un matériau rigide.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vilebrequin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vil.bʁə.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vilebrequin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vilebrequin is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vil.bʁə.kɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #59,712 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vilebrequin, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vilebrequin, spelled V-I-L-E-B-R-E-Q-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Outil à main, en forme de manivelle, qui soumet son embout, une mèche ou un foret, à un mouvement de rotation autour d’un axe longitudinal, pour forer un trou dans un matériau rigide.
- 2Arbre coudé rotatif où chaque maneton reçoit une tête de bielle.
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 “vilebrequin”
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- The one correct French spelling is V-I-L-E-B-R-E-Q-U-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vil.bʁə.kɛ̃\ (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.