Villepreux

name

The verdict

“Villepreux” is uncommon French (frequency #79,843 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,843
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-villepreux · Villepreux · French

Villepreux · rank #79,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,843
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vilayet

Nearest frequency peer: vilayet (-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 « Villepreux »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Villepreux
PropertyValue
HeadwordVillepreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Villepreux » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Villepreuxtombe 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: « vilayet » (#79,842), « vidéoclips » (#79,841), « vitrés » (#79,845). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Villepreux » est au #79,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Villepreux is uncommon French at frequency #79,843 among 2,061 “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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Comme toute la classe politique française, Jean-Baptiste Hamonic (Modem), maire de Villepreux (Yvelines), a condamné l’attaque de la famille de Vincent Jeanbrun.

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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list