vitiligo
\vi.ti.li.ɡo\
The verdict
“vitiligo” is uncommon French (frequency #96,491 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,491
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affection cutanée, caractérisée par des tubercules blancs, lisses, luisants, qui s’élèvent sur la peau aux environs des oreilles, du cou, de la face, quelquefois sur tout le corps, et qui sont ordi...
Corpus desk
Index FR-vitiligo · vitiligo · French
vitiligo · rank #96,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,491
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH virons
Nearest frequency peer: virons (-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 « vitiligo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vindicatifs
vindicatifs
3,513 corpus weight
- viret
viret
3,512 corpus weight
- virons
virons
3,511 corpus weight
- vitiligo
vitiligo
3,510 corpus weight
- vitrerie
vitrerie
3,509 corpus weight
- vocalisation
vocalisation
3,508 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vitiligo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vitiligo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ti.li.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vitiligo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vitiligo is uncommon French at frequency #96,491 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ti.li.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affection cutanée, caractérisée par des tubercules blancs, lisses, luisants, qui s’élèvent sur la peau aux environs des oreilles, du cou, de la face, quelquefois sur tout le corps, et qui sont ordi...".
vitiligo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vitiligo, spelled V-I-T-I-L-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1Affection cutanée, caractérisée par des tubercules blancs, lisses, luisants, qui s’élèvent sur la peau aux environs des oreilles, du cou, de la face, quelquefois sur tout le corps, et qui sont ordinairement mêlées de papules luisantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vitiligo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Edouard Philippe était interrogé sur la transformation de son apparence du fait d’une alopécie et d’un vitiligo, maladies qui provoquent la perte des cheveux et des poils et une dépigmentation. Ces affections n’ont aucun impact sur la forme physique et intellectuelle.
Synonyms
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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