VOST
\ve.o.ɛs.te\
The verdict
“VOST” is uncommon French (frequency #54,328 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,328
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un film ou d’une série diffusé en version originale, et comportant des sous-titres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vost · VOST · French
VOST · rank #54,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,328
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH volumineuses
Nearest frequency peer: volumineuses (-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 « VOST »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- voilés
voilés
45,676 corpus weight
- volontarisme
volontarisme
45,675 corpus weight
- volumineuses
volumineuses
45,674 corpus weight
- VOST
VOST
45,673 corpus weight
- vouent
vouent
45,672 corpus weight
- VPS
VPS
45,671 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « VOST » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | VOST |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ve.o.ɛs.te\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « VOST » en français
Rare enough to double-check
VOST is uncommon French at frequency #54,328 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ve.o.ɛs.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’un film ou d’une série diffusé en version originale, et comportant des sous-titres.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for VOST, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is VOST, spelled V-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’un film ou d’une série diffusé en version originale, et comportant des sous-titres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how VOST appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme tous les DVD de cet éditeur, le disque contient la VF et la VOST, la bande-annonce originale, des bios/filmos succintes du réalisateur et des acteurs principaux, ainsi qu'un quizz thématique (ici "Les détournements aériens au cinéma").
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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