vin à bulles

\vɛ̃ a byl\

/\vɛ̃ a byl\/ noun

The verdict

“vin à bulles” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vin contenant une concentration suffisante en dioxyde de carbone pour lui conférer bulles et mousse à l’ouverture de la bouteille.

Key facts for vin à bulles
PropertyValue
Headwordvin à bulles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛ̃ a byl\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vin à bulles” sits in French frequency

vin à bulles falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vin à bulles is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛ̃ a byl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vin contenant une concentration suffisante en dioxyde de carbone pour lui conférer bulles et mousse à l’ouverture de la bouteille.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vin à bulles, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 vin à bulles, spelled V-I-N- -À- -B-U-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vin contenant une concentration suffisante en dioxyde de carbone pour lui conférer bulles et mousse à l’ouverture de la bouteille.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vin à bulles"?
"vin à bulles" is spelled V-I-N- -À- -B-U-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ̃ a byl\.
What does "vin à bulles" mean?
As a noun, "vin à bulles" means: Vin contenant une concentration suffisante en dioxyde de carbone pour lui conférer bulles et mousse à l’ouverture de la bouteille.
How do you pronounce "vin à bulles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vin à bulles" is \vɛ̃ a byl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vin à bulles" come from?
"vin à bulles" 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 “vin à bulles”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is V-I-N- -À- -B-U-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \vɛ̃ a byl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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