viorne
\vjɔʁn\
The verdict
“viorne” 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) - Viburnum, arbrisseau de la famille des Caprifoliaceae à fleurs blanches et à feuilles velues, dont les rameaux sont très flexibles et qui porte des baies réunies par bouquets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-viorne · viorne · French
viorne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | viorne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « viorne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
viorne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vjɔʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Viburnum, arbrisseau de la famille des Caprifoliaceae à fleurs blanches et à feuilles velues, dont les rameaux sont très flexibles et qui porte des baies réunies par bouquets.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for viorne in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is viorne, spelled V-I-O-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Viburnum, arbrisseau de la famille des Caprifoliaceae à fleurs blanches et à feuilles velues, dont les rameaux sont très flexibles et qui porte des baies réunies par bouquets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viorne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle se mit au cou un collier, fait de brins de viorne, si longs, qu’ils couvraient sa poitrine d’un voile de feuilles.
Peureux un airain rouge étouffe en la viorne Le sombre sanglot d’ombre d’où l’Unique écoute Monter un deuil d'angoisse au roc noir de la route D’une bombarde grave ou d’un morne cromorne.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.