vix
\wiks\
The verdict
“vix” is uncommon French (frequency #58,349 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,349
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Péniblement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vix · vix · French
vix · rank #58,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,349
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vivraient
Nearest frequency peer: vivraient (-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 « vix »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Vittel
Vittel
41,655 corpus weight
- vivraient
vivraient
41,653 corpus weight
- vix
vix
41,652 corpus weight
- voilent
voilent
41,651 corpus weight
- volera
volera
41,650 corpus weight
- vomissement
vomissement
41,649 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vix » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vix |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \wiks\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vix » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vix is uncommon French at frequency #58,349 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \wiks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vix in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 vix, spelled V-I-X.
Definition
- 1Péniblement.
- 2À peine (en parlant du temps).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
vix teneor quin rideam.
vix ea dixerat cum…
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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