vlimeux
\vli.mø\
The verdict
“vlimeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui agit par des moyens détournés pour en tromper une autre et, par extension et atténuation, personne espiègle ou malicieuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vlimeux · vlimeux · French
vlimeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | vlimeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vli.mø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vlimeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vli.mø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui agit par des moyens détournés pour en tromper une autre et, par extension et atténuation, personne espiègle ou malicieuse.".
vlimeux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vlimeux, spelled V-L-I-M-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Personne qui agit par des moyens détournés pour en tromper une autre et, par extension et atténuation, personne espiègle ou malicieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vlimeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viens ici, mon petit vlimeux !
Mais Pierre Lapointe, qui dans le livret nous toise de cet air moqueur de vlimeux qu’on lui connaît ….
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.