vouer au blanc
\vwe o blɑ̃\
The verdict
“vouer au blanc” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire vœu de vêtir de blanc un enfant jusqu’à un certain âge, en l’honneur de la sainte Vierge.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vouer au blanc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \vwe o blɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vouer au blanc” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for vouer au blanc is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vwe o blɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Faire vœu de vêtir de blanc un enfant jusqu’à un certain âge, en l’honneur de la sainte Vierge.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vouer au blanc in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vouer au blanc, spelled V-O-U-E-R- -A-U- -B-L-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Faire vœu de vêtir de blanc un enfant jusqu’à un certain âge, en l’honneur de la sainte Vierge.
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.
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Using “vouer au blanc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-O-U-E-R- -A-U- -B-L-A-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vwe o blɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.