virelangue
\viʁ.lɑ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“virelangue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Locution, phrase ou petit groupe de phrases à caractère ludique, caractérisée par sa difficulté de prononciation ou de compréhension orale, voire des deux à la fois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-virelangue · virelangue · French
virelangue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | virelangue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \viʁ.lɑ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
virelangue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \viʁ.lɑ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Locution, phrase ou petit groupe de phrases à caractère ludique, caractérisée par sa difficulté de prononciation ou de compréhension orale, voire des deux à la fois.".
Zero misspellings are on record for virelangue in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is virelangue, spelled V-I-R-E-L-A-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Locution, phrase ou petit groupe de phrases à caractère ludique, caractérisée par sa difficulté de prononciation ou de compréhension orale, voire des deux à la fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how virelangue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un virelangue classique est celui-ci : Les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse, sont-elles sèches ou archi-sèches ?
Plus facile, on modifiera ou amplifiera un virelangue existant en y ajoutant de nouvelles propositions. Ainsi, de nombreuses variantes sont possibles sur le virelangue du chasseur. Un chasseur sachant chasser sans son chien, ça se chasse aussi, sachez-le !
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.