virago
\vi.ʁa.ɡo\
The verdict
“virago” 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) - Femme autoritaire, grossière, rude. → voir dragon, gendarme, harpie, mégère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-virago · virago · French
virago · 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 | virago |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ʁa.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
virago is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ʁa.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for virago in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is virago, spelled V-I-R-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1Femme autoritaire, grossière, rude. → voir dragon, gendarme, harpie, mégère.
- 2Femme d’allure virile ou de comportement masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how virago appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La première personne qui s’aperçut de l’arrivée de l’étranger fut la sœur de la défunte, une grande virago à l’air dur et bas à la fois.
J’étais alors si endurci par les abominations qui m’entouraient qui j’entendis, sans la moindre émotion, sa victime, le puma femelle, au début de cette nouvelle journée de torture, accueillir son persécuteur par un grognement presque tout à fait semblable à celui d’une virago en colère.
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.