vineux

\vi.nø\

/\vi.nø\/ adj

The verdict

“vineux” is uncommon French (frequency #76,220 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,220
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est fertile en vin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vineux · vineux · French

vineux · rank #76,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,220
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vines

Nearest frequency peer: vines (-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 « vineux »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vineux
PropertyValue
Headwordvineux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vi.nø\
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vineux » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vineuxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « vines » (#76,219), « viejo » (#76,218), « vidéoconférence » (#76,217). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vineux » est au #76,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vineux is uncommon French at frequency #76,220 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vi.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

vineux has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vineux, spelled V-I-N-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est fertile en vin.
  2. 2
    Se dit du vin qui a beaucoup de force.
  3. 3
    Qui a un goût, une odeur de vin.
  4. 4
    Qui est de couleur rouge comme le vin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des coteaux vineux.
  2. Des campagnes vineuses.

This word in other languages

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 "vineux"?
"vineux" is spelled V-I-N-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.nø\.
What does "vineux" mean?
As an adjective, "vineux" means: Qui est fertile en vin.
How do you pronounce "vineux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vineux" is \vi.nø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vineux" come from?
"vineux" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list