vocabulum

noun

The verdict

“vocabulum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot, appellation, désignation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vocabulum · vocabulum · French

vocabulum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for vocabulum
PropertyValue
Headwordvocabulum
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vocabulum » en français

vocabulumsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vocabulum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vocabulum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vocabulum, spelled V-O-C-A-B-U-L-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot, appellation, désignation.
  2. 2
    Substantif, par opposition à nomen qui désigne les noms propres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vocabulum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chaldaei non ex artis, sed ex gentis vocabulo nominati.
  2. Aristoteles orationis duas partes esse dicit, vocabula et verba, ut homo et equus, et legit et currit.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vocabulum"?
"vocabulum" is spelled V-O-C-A-B-U-L-U-M.
What does "vocabulum" mean?
As a noun, "vocabulum" means: Mot, appellation, désignation.
What language does "vocabulum" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list