Vilvorde
\vil.vɔʁd\
The verdict
“Vilvorde” is uncommon French (frequency #60,468 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,468
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville de la province du Brabant flamand de la région flamande de Belgique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vilvorde · Vilvorde · French
Vilvorde · rank #60,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,468
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Villacoublay
Nearest frequency peer: Villacoublay (-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 « Vilvorde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Vienna
Vienna
39,537 corpus weight
- Villacoublay
Villacoublay
39,534 corpus weight
- Vilvorde
Vilvorde
39,533 corpus weight
- virgo
virgo
39,532 corpus weight
- visionnement
visionnement
39,531 corpus weight
- vivrons
vivrons
39,530 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Vilvorde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vilvorde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \vil.vɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Vilvorde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Vilvorde is uncommon French at frequency #60,468 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vil.vɔʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune et ville de la province du Brabant flamand de la région flamande de Belgique.".
Vilvorde has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Vilvorde, spelled V-I-L-V-O-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Commune et ville de la province du Brabant flamand de la région flamande de Belgique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vilvorde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un voisin, que la curiosité avait attiré à Vilvorde où lʼon se bat, a été pris par les Allemands et enfermé dans lʼéglise de Vilvorde où déjà près de six cents personnes étaient parquées.
Vilvorde compte une importante communauté musulmane et la ville fait face à un problème chronique de chômage depuis la fermeture d'une usine automobile de Renault.
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.
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