vocabulaire
\vɔ.ka.by.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“vocabulaire” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,150 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,150
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des mots employés par un peuple, par un groupe, par un écrivain, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vocabulaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔ.ka.by.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vocabulaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vocabulaire is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɔ.ka.by.lɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,150 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for vocabulaire, with forms such as "ovcabulaire", "vcoabulaire", and "voacbulaire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vocabulaire, spelled V-O-C-A-B-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des mots employés par un peuple, par un groupe, par un écrivain, etc.
- 2Liste de mots, rangés habituellement dans l’ordre alphabétique et accompagnés d’une explication succincte.
- 3Ensemble de mots qui appartiennent particulièrement à une science, à un art.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovcabulaire,vcoabulaire,voacbulaire,vocabbulaire,vocabluaire,vocabualire,vocabulaier,vocabulairre,vocabularie,vocabuliare,vocabullaire,vocaublaire,vocbaulaire,voccabulaire,vvocabulaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vocabulaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “vocabulaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-O-C-A-B-U-L-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɔ.ka.by.lɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.