voraces

\vɔ.ʁas\

/\vɔ.ʁas\/ adj

The verdict

“voraces” is uncommon French (frequency #58,353 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,353
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de vorace.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voraces · voraces · French

voraces · rank #58,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,353
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vomissement

Nearest frequency peer: vomissement (-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 « voraces »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « voraces » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for voraces
PropertyValue
Headwordvoraces
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɔ.ʁas\
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,353
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « voraces » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).voracestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vomissement » (#58,352), « Voulzy » (#58,354), « volera » (#58,351). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voraces » est au #58,353. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

voraces is uncommon French at frequency #58,353 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɔ.ʁas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de vorace.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for voraces in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is voraces, spelled V-O-R-A-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de vorace.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les premières barques de pêche désaccostées du petit quai prennent la mer, escortées par les voraces mouettes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voraces"?
"voraces" is spelled V-O-R-A-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.ʁas\.
What does "voraces" mean?
As an adjective, "voraces" means: Pluriel de vorace.
How do you pronounce "voraces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voraces" is \vɔ.ʁas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voraces" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "voraces", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list