villeux
\vi.jø\
The verdict
“villeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui est couvert de villosités, velu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-villeux · villeux · French
villeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | villeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vi.jø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
villeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vi.jø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est couvert de villosités, velu.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for villeux, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is villeux, spelled V-I-L-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est couvert de villosités, velu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how villeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En mes souvenirs apparaissent, toutes ruisselantes de la rosée du matin, les gracieuses touffes d’Androsace villeuse, à fleurs blanches avec un œil rose tendre ; la Violette du mont Cenis, dont les grandes corolles bleues s’étalent sur les éclats de calcaire ; la Valériane Saliunque, qui associe le suave parfum de ses inflorescences et l’odeur stercoraire…
Membranes villeuses.
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.