vousseau

\vu.so\

/\vu.so\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chacune des pierres qui forment le cintre d’une voûte, d’un arc ou même la structure d'un tunnel construit par un tunnelier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vousseau · vousseau · French

vousseau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 vousseau
PropertyValue
Headwordvousseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vu.so\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vousseau” sits in French frequency

vousseau falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

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

No misspelling variants are generated for vousseau in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vousseau, spelled V-O-U-S-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacune des pierres qui forment le cintre d’une voûte, d’un arc ou même la structure d'un tunnel construit par un tunnelier.
  2. 2
    Éléments préfabriqués utilisés pour la réalisation d’un tablier de pont.

Synonyms

voussoir

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vousseau"?
"vousseau" is spelled V-O-U-S-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \vu.so\.
What does "vousseau" mean?
As a noun, "vousseau" means: Chacune des pierres qui forment le cintre d’une voûte, d’un arc ou même la structure d'un tunnel construit par un tunnelier.
How do you pronounce "vousseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vousseau" is \vu.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vousseau" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list