Villefort

name

The verdict

“Villefort” is uncommon French (frequency #77,141 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,141
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-villefort · Villefort · French

Villefort · rank #77,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,141
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vibrato

Nearest frequency peer: vibrato (-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 « Villefort »

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 « Villefort » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Villefort
PropertyValue
HeadwordVillefort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,141
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Villefort » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Villeforttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « vibrato » (#77,140), « Vimont » (#77,142), « Vermeulen » (#77,139). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Villefort » est au #77,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Villefort is uncommon French at frequency #77,141 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Villefort in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Villefort, spelled V-I-L-L-E-F-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aude.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Lozère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L'air sentait la terre humide et la fumée des premiers feux. Ils se hâtèrent. Il fallait servir une soupe bien chaude avant le départ vers le col de Canteperdrix et la montée de Villefort, la Garde Guérin, Luc, Langogne.

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 "Villefort"?
"Villefort" is spelled V-I-L-L-E-F-O-R-T.
What does "Villefort" mean?
As a proper noun, "Villefort" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aude.
What language does "Villefort" come from?
"Villefort" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list