Vouziers

\vu.zje\

/\vu.zje\/ name

The verdict

“Vouziers” is uncommon French (frequency #81,682 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,682
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vouziers · Vouziers · French

Vouziers · rank #81,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,682
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voleront

Nearest frequency peer: voleront (-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 « Vouziers »

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 « Vouziers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vouziers
PropertyValue
HeadwordVouziers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vu.zje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Vouziers » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Vouzierstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « voleront » (#81,681), « vrombissement » (#81,683), « vulgarisé » (#81,684). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Vouziers » est au #81,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vouziers is uncommon French at frequency #81,682 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vu.zje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Vouziers, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Vouziers, spelled V-O-U-Z-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département des Ardennes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Sénat ne s'oppose pas à la promulgation de la loi qui règle les limites des communes de Condé-lès-Vouziers et de Vouziers (Ardennes).
  2. De sourdes et lointaines détonations prêtaient une éloquence plus sérieuse au discours du paysan : c’était la voix grave du canon qui tonnait dans la direction de Vouziers.

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 "Vouziers"?
"Vouziers" is spelled V-O-U-Z-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vu.zje\.
What does "Vouziers" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vouziers" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.
How do you pronounce "Vouziers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vouziers" is \vu.zje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list