vraisemblance
French, noun/vʁɛ.sɑ̃.blɑ̃s/
vraisemblance is spelled V-R-A-I-S-E-M-B-L-A-N-C-E (13 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vraisemblance is a French feminine noun meaning “verisimilitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apparence de vérité”.
What does vraisemblance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineverisimilitude
- 2
femininelikelihood
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Apparence de vérité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vraisemblance
- vraisemblances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vraisemblance?
- /vʁɛ.sɑ̃.blɑ̃s/
- /vʁe.sɑ̃.blɑ̃s/
- \vʁɛ.sɑ̃.blɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vraisemblance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vraisemblance in French?
vraisemblance appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).