vilenie
\vil.ni\
The verdict
“vilenie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de vilain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vilenie · vilenie · French
vilenie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vilenie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vil.ni\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vilenie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vil.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vilenie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vilenie, spelled V-I-L-E-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Action de vilain.
- 2Acte d’une personne qui a des sentiments bas et laids.
- 3Parole injurieuse.
- 4Avarice sordide.
- 5Choses sans valeur, mises au rebut, déchets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vilenie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu pourras, à la vérité, soumettre mes forces, car Dieu a créé la femme faible, […]; mais je proclamerai ta vilenie, templier, d’un bout de l’Europe à l’autre.
Il ne peut pas être tombé aussi bas… Je n'ai jamais aimé mon frère, dit-elle, parce qu'il faisait la honte de mon père, mais je me refuse à croire à une telle vilenie de sa part...
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.