vitupération
\vi.ty.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“vitupération” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de vitupérer, protestation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vituperation · vitupération · French
vitupération · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | vitupération |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ty.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vitupération » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vitupération is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ty.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de vitupérer, protestation.".
vitupération doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vitupération, spelled V-I-T-U-P-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de vitupérer, protestation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vitupération appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je m’étonnais que cette étrange mère, trouvant sa fille trop près d’un homme, n’eût recours à aucun des arguments et des vitupérations classiques.
Et c’est un simple berger, Manolios, qui prend la tête de la révolte, adhérant pleinement aux vitupérations de son ami Michélis : « Tel que vous l’avez déformé, vous, les popes, les évêques, les riches, le Christ est devenu […] un usurier, un hypocrite, un filou, un menteur, un lâche […] de mèche avec les puissants de la terre ! »
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.