Vlaams
\vlaːms\
The verdict
“Vlaams” is uncommon French (frequency #53,062 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,062
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flamand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vlaams · Vlaams · French
Vlaams · rank #53,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,062
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH volumique
Nearest frequency peer: volumique (+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 « Vlaams »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- viennoise
viennoise
46,942 corpus weight
- vino
vino
46,941 corpus weight
- Vlaams
Vlaams
46,939 corpus weight
- volumique
volumique
46,938 corpus weight
- VX
VX
46,937 corpus weight
- véron
véron
46,936 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Vlaams » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vlaams |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vlaːms\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Vlaams » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Vlaams is uncommon French at frequency #53,062 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vlaːms\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flamand.".
Vlaams has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Vlaams, spelled V-L-A-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1Flamand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vlaams appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De Vlaamse dialecten.
De Vlaamse keuken.
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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