Vimy

\vi.mi\

/\vi.mi\/ name

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The verdict

“Vimy” is uncommon French (frequency #58,345 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,345
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vimy · Vimy · French

Vimy · rank #58,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,345
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vieu

Nearest frequency peer: Vieu (-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 « Vimy »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vimy
PropertyValue
HeadwordVimy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vi.mi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#58,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Vimy » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Vimytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Vieu » (#58,344), « Vittel » (#58,346), « vicaires » (#58,343). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Vimy » est au #58,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vimy is uncommon French at frequency #58,345 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vi.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vimy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Vimy, spelled V-I-M-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
  2. 2
    Dénomination de la ville de Neuville-sur-Saône, jusqu'en 1665.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'étranger n'est pas resté insensible aux malheurs de nos populations : Chicago a adopté Reims ; Glasgow, Guivry et Martinpuich ; un journal de New-York, le Delincator, Landres-et-Saint-Georges des Ardennes ; M. et Mme Houston, de Philadelphie, Arcis-le-Ponsart ; une Société de Toronto (Canada), Vimy ; […].
  2. Neuville-l’Archevêque ou Neuville-sur-Saône, capitale du Franc-Lyonnais, encore plein des souvenirs de Camille de Neufville, archevêque de Lyon, est chef-lieu de canton du Rhône, dépend de l'arrondissement de Lyon, et offre une population de 1,787 habitants. Avant que ce lieu ne prit le nom de Camille de Neufville, son Auguste, on l'appelait Vimy (Vimiacum).

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 "Vimy"?
"Vimy" is spelled V-I-M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.mi\.
What does "Vimy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vimy" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
How do you pronounce "Vimy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vimy" is \vi.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vieu#58,344veni#58,336Afpa#58,390Teil#58,293

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list