viret
\vi.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“viret” is uncommon French (frequency #96,489 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,489
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de bois tournant, tourniquet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-viret · viret · French
viret · rank #96,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,489
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vindicatifs
Nearest frequency peer: vindicatifs (-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 « viret »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vigies
vigies
3,515 corpus weight
- vilipender
vilipender
3,514 corpus weight
- vindicatifs
vindicatifs
3,513 corpus weight
- viret
viret
3,512 corpus weight
- virons
virons
3,511 corpus weight
- vitiligo
vitiligo
3,510 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « viret » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viret |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « viret » en français
Rare enough to double-check
viret is uncommon French at frequency #96,489 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for viret in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is viret, spelled V-I-R-E-T.
Definition
- 1Morceau de bois tournant, tourniquet.
- 2Escalier en colimaçon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viret appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce même moulinet doit tourner à l’entour d’un viret, […].
En rentrant de l'école, on aimait se faire peur en allant scruter du bas de la cage d'escalier en viret (colimaçon), une tête d'ours … (Gérald Berlie, "Plainpalais : plaine de mamoire", édition Cabedita, p82)
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.
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