Villepreux

name

The verdict

“Villepreux” is uncommon French (frequency #79,843 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,843
frequency rank, French
148,117
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.

Key facts for Villepreux
PropertyValue
HeadwordVillepreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Villepreux” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Villepreux lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Villepreux is uncommon French at frequency #79,843 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Villepreux in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Villepreux, spelled V-I-L-L-E-P-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.

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 "Villepreux"?
"Villepreux" is spelled V-I-L-L-E-P-R-E-U-X.
What does "Villepreux" mean?
As a proper noun, "Villepreux" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.
What language does "Villepreux" come from?
"Villepreux" 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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Using “Villepreux”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-I-L-L-E-P-R-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list