vinaigrette

/\vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,097

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

vinaigrette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sauce froide à base de vinaigre, d’huile et de condiments qui sert à assaisonner les salades et les crudités. Pronounced \vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\.

Key facts for vinaigrette
PropertyValue
Headwordvinaigrette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#38,097
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vinaigrette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vinaigrette is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,097 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vinaigrette, with forms such as "ivnaigrette", "vianigrette", and "vinagirette". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is vinaigrette, spelled V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sauce froide à base de vinaigre, d’huile et de condiments qui sert à assaisonner les salades et les crudités.
  2. 2
    Plat composé de restes de viandes assaisonnées.
  3. 3
    Salade russe composée de betteraves et d’autres composants variables. ( Note: cette salade n’utilise pas de sauce vinaigrette )
  4. 4
    Brouette, petite chaise à deux roues, traînée par un homme.
  5. 5
    Genre de flacon ou boîte à sels de pâmoison, comportant un petit morceau d’éponge imbibée d’alcool, de vinaigre aromatique ou d’autres substances destinées à réanimer les « élégantes » sujettes aux « vapeurs ».
  6. 6
    Vinaigrier.
  7. 7
    Nom donné à des plantes du genre Oxalis originaires des prairies de la Patagonie et les îles Falkland.
  8. 8
    Fourgon cellulaire, panier à salade
  9. 9
    Bagarre, correction

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivnaigrette,vianigrette,vinagirette,vinaigertte,vinaiggrette,vinaigrete,vinaigretet,vinaigrrette,vinaigrtete,vinairgette,viniagrette,vinnaigrette,vniaigrette,vvinaigrette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vinaigrette

Misspelling Variants of "vinaigrette"

ivnaigrette11vianigrette11vinagirette11vinaigertte11vinaiggrette12vinaigrete10vinaigretet11vinaigrrette12
Misspelling Variants of "vinaigrette"

Frequency rank: #38,097 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vinaigrette"?
"vinaigrette" is spelled V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\.
What does "vinaigrette" mean?
As a noun, "vinaigrette" means: Sauce froide à base de vinaigre, d’huile et de condiments qui sert à assaisonner les salades et les crudités.
What are common misspellings of "vinaigrette"?
Common misspellings include "ivnaigrette", "vianigrette", "vinagirette", "vinaigertte", "vinaiggrette". The correct spelling is "vinaigrette".
How do you pronounce "vinaigrette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vinaigrette" is \vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vinaigrette" come from?
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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.