vindas
\vɛ̃.das\
The verdict
“vindas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Treuil de l'arbalète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vindas · vindas · French
vindas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | vindas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɛ̃.das\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vindas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vindas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛ̃.das\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vindas, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vindas, spelled V-I-N-D-A-S.
Definition
- 1Treuil de l'arbalète.
- 2Machine composée d’un treuil vertical, sur lequel se roule un câble et qu’on fait tourner avec deux leviers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vindas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voici des arbalètes, camarades, avec leur vindas et leurs viretons.
Le vindas sert à faire remonter des bateaux, à tirer des pierres et autres gros fardeaux.
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.