Virton
\viʁ.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“Virton” is uncommon French (frequency #59,714 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,714
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune de la province de Luxembourg de la région wallonne de Belgique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-virton · Virton · French
Virton · rank #59,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,714
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH violacé
Nearest frequency peer: violacé (-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 « Virton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Vicence
Vicence
40,290 corpus weight
- vilebrequin
vilebrequin
40,289 corpus weight
- violacé
violacé
40,288 corpus weight
- Virton
Virton
40,287 corpus weight
- vocalises
vocalises
40,285 corpus weight
- voil
voil
40,284 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Virton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Virton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \viʁ.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Virton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Virton is uncommon French at frequency #59,714 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \viʁ.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune de la province de Luxembourg de la région wallonne de Belgique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Virton in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Virton, spelled V-I-R-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune de la province de Luxembourg de la région wallonne de Belgique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Virton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Triomphe des êtres fantastiques masculins! Manifestement les sirènes et les ondines n'ont guère eu d'influence ! Cependant voici dans la région de Saint-Hubert et de Virton de quoi sauver l'honneur féminin: là, c'est Marie Crochet qui vous attirera dans l'eau.
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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